Every Force Evolves a Form: Twenty Essays

Guy Davenport

ISBN 10: 0436124025 / ISBN 13: 9780436124020

Published by Secker & Warburg, 1989

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First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Secker and Warburg, 1989. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear. A lovely, scarce copy of this 20th century collection of essays from Davenport.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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• Title: Every Force Evolves a Form: Twenty Essays
• Publisher: Secker & Warburg
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0436124025
• ISBN 13: 9780436124020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Every Force Evolves a Form: Twenty EssaysAuthor: Guy DavenportTitle: Every Force Evolves a Form: Twenty EssaysPublication: Secker & WarburgEdition: FIRST EDITIONDescription: First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Secker and Warburg, 1989. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear. A lovely, scarce copy of this 20th century collection of essays from Davenport. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.Seller ID: 358436Subject: Essays We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!

From Publishers Weekly

Davenport boldly speculates that W. H. Auden chose to live in New York "to insure that he was among humanity at its worst in this century." He compares the essayist Montaigne to a modern tourist; he praises E. E. Cummings as a transcendental satyr and the purest American poet since Emily Dickinson. This collection of 20 essays by the author of The Geography of the Imagination is a pleasure to read. Whether he is teaching us how to enter Henri Rousseau's imaginary worlds or grappling with Noah Webster ("patriot, cultural hero . . . crank"), Davenport approaches each subject from many different angles, peering in, around and through it. His concerns range from the impact of Shaker handicrafts on modern design to how the automobile and real estate interests have obliterated the city as community. He is original even when he is scanning familiar texts by Joyce, Beckett, Nabokov and Pound.
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