Chickamauga: Poems (Signed First Edition)

Wright, Charles

ISBN 10: 0374121087 / ISBN 13: 9780374121082

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1995

About this Item

First printing. Complete number line, including the 1. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A tight copy, without any marks or defects. Dust jacket is clean and bright, with price intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke-free. Although not marked as such in any way, this book came from the library of poet and literary critic J.D. McClatchy, from his estate in Stonington, Connecticut. This copy is SIGNED ON THE TITLE page by Charles Wright (name only). REVIEW COPY, with publisher's black and white photo and publicity letter laid in (not attached). Also laid in is a copy of Helen Vendler's review of the book from The New Republic. McClatchy often cut out and saved reviews of the book in question with the volume. He seemed to be a particular fan of both Wright and Vendler.

Seller Inventory # McClatchy-109

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chickamauga: Poems (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374121087
• ISBN 13: 9780374121082
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

This volume, Wright's eleventh book of poetry, is a vivid, contemplative, far-reaching, yet wholly plain-spoken collection of moments appearing as lenses through which to see the world beyond our moments. Chickamauga is also a virtuoso exploration of the power of concision in lyric poetry--a testament to the flexible music of the long line Wright has made his own. As a reviewer in Library Journal noted: "Wright is one of those rare and gifted poets who can turn thought into music. Following his self-prescribed regimen of purgatio, illuminato, and contemplatio, Wright spins one lovely lyric after another on such elemental subjects as sky, trees, birds, months, and seasons. But the real subject is the thinking process itself and the mysterious alchemy of language: 'The world is a language we never quite understand.'"

About the Author

Charles Wright, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the National Book Award, and the Griffin Poetry Prize, teaches at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.