Monroe K Spears Editor (21 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softback Good complete solid reading copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Wraps have wear, spine is creased. Text is free from markings. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Since his brilliant debut on the literary scene, the career of W. H. Auden has been marked by seeming self-contradictions and sharp fluctuations in critical reputation. Today, however, his is recognized as one of the major voices of twentieth century poetry. Originally the leading spokesman of a group of iconoclastic, Marxist-oriented English poets, Auden confounded many admirers by returning to Anglicanism and emigrating to the United States. Using an extraordinary variety of poetic forms--from the traditional to the most experimental--he has evolved deeply personal symbolism, bringing the world of public events and the private world of the poet into meaningful conjunction. Among the authors of these essays are: Christopher Isherwood: Auden's close friend from childhood and his literary mentor for many years (as well as his collaborator on three plays), speaks with a unique authority about Auden's early verse. Stephen Spender: After Spender's, the next two essays, both dating from the mid-Fifties, present the judgments of distinguished American women and men of letters on Auden's work. Cleanth Brooks: The second early essay (1939) is that by Cleanh Brooks, who (in a book which, by the way, Auden reviewed favorably in "The Nation") was one of the first to apply the "new criticism" fruitfully to Auden. Concerning that his affinities are with the true central tradition of English poetry as it appears most plainly in the seventeenth-century "Metaphysical" poets. Marianne Moore: Marianne Moore's essay is of interest as the opinion of an American poet of the first rank, whose verse has had a distinct influence on some of Auden's later work, especially that in syllabic meter. She belongs to no critical school or trend, but displays the reactions of her own fine sensibility and keen intelligence as a kind of poetry very different from her own. Edmund Wilson: Well-known critic and man of letters. Included in this book are Chronology of Important Dates, Notes on the Editor and Authors, Selected Bibliography. There is smudging to the page edges. The front and back covers have corner creases and some of the printed pages. The pages are clean and free of any markings or highlighting. Stanley Wyatt, Cover Design (illustrator).…

Soft. Condition: Good. Good clean solid copy, edges worn, small ink marking front cover else clean, includes work by Charles Tomlinson, Lionel Trilling and others.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd printing; collection of literary essays about Auden by; Cleanth brooks, stephen spender, marianne moore, edmund wilson, john bayley, G.S. fraser, Carlo izzo, , etc; 181 clean, unmarked pages/bibliography.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete issue, original wrapper. Includes work by Howard Nemerov ("The Poetry of Wallace Stevens") , Arthur Mizener (on Eliot) , and others.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked. Elongated cover edges are folded under.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Minor discoloration to pages. Minor wear along the edges, tips, and along the spine. Several sticker damage spots on the front cover. Some rubbing wear to covers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Good clean copy, pale blue wraps, edges of oversized covers with some wear and creases, Includes essay on Wallace Stevens by Howard Nemerov.

Paperback. pp363-518, essays, opinion, reviews, poetry, fiction, very good paperback literary journal in blue wraps. Also: English Literature & American Education. The Creation of the Universe. Science: Servant or Master of Man.

Paperback. pp179-362, essays, opinion, reviews, poetry, fiction, very good paperback literary journal in blue wraps. Also: Into Many a Green Valley by Harrison. Prognois by Warren.

Paperback. 178p., essays, opinion, reviews, poetry, fiction, very good paperback literary journal in blue wraps. Also: Eugenmio Montale's Poetry. The London Theater. Pope & the Common Reader. Early Walker Percy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. printed blue wraps; pp. 181-360; Includes items by/about: Caroline Gordon (Emmanuele! Emmanuele!: A Story); Marius Bewley (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Criticism of America); Louis O. Coxe (E.A. Robinson: Lost Tradition); zhsrry Duncan (Poem); Herbert Morris (Poem); Madison Jones (Story: The Fugitives); Philip Wheelwright (Art as Language); Howard Nemerov (Seven Poets and the Language);J.A. Bryant (Outflying Tragedy); Adrienne Rich (My Host the World); Richard M. Weaver (Liberalism with a Ballast); George Sherburn (Poets, Critics & Daily Life); Robert Daniel (Wilderness of Mirrors), etc.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. printed blue wraps; pp. 1-174; lite chipping of edges;Includes items by/about: Caroline Gordon (Mr. Verver, Our National Hero); Arnold J. Toynbee (Pharisee or Publican!); Francis Fergusson (The olden Bowl revisited); Samuel H. Monk (The Pride of Lemuel Gulliver); Wallace Stevens (Four Poems); G. Stanley Koehler (Poem); Kenneth O.Hanson (2 Poems) Merrill Moore (8 Sonnets); Florence Gould (Story)/ M.M. Liberman (story); Reed Whittemore (Principles of Louise Bogan & Yvor Winters); Joseph Frank (Henry James) etc.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Good clean copy, pale blue wraps, edges of oversized covers with some wear and creases, small ink marking front cover else clean, binding solid. Includes 4 poems by Wallace Stevens.

Paperback. pp171-348, essays, opinion, reviews, poetry, fiction, very good paperback literary journal in blue wraps. Also: Claudel as Dramatist. The French Novel. Rediscovering Ovid.

Paperback. 174p., essays, opinion, reviews, poetry, fiction, very good paperback literary journal in blue wraps. Also: "Hamlet" When New. The Neo-Aristotelians of Chicago.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 66, Numbers 1 to 4 bound together. Original paper covers retained. Includes work by Walker Percy, Robert Penn Warren, and Ted Hughes.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Binding is cracked preceding the contents page. Slightly cocked. Covers have slight edge wear. Front cover has owner's brief notation and an author's name underlined. ; Contents include Sylvia Plath - The Fifteen Dollar Eagle - A Story; Edward Dahlberg - Because I Was Flesh - An Autobiography; and James Dickey - The Suspect in Poetry, or Everyman as Detective.…

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavos, two volumes. In Very Good minus condition with Good dust jackets. Faded tan spines with blue titling. Dust jackets significantly sunned at spines and tops of boards. Moderate chipping and wear to edges and corners of dust jackets. Light bumping to edges and corners of boards. Text blocks with list plus age toning and scattered pencil annotations. Both volumes with the bookplate of Ronald Paulson, leading expert on William Hogarth and former professor of English literature at Yale and Johns Hopkins. Shelved in Room G. 1389318. Special Collections.…