How to Read a Poem - And Fall in Love with Poetry (A DoubleTakeBook)

Hirsch, Edward

ISBN 10: 0151004196 / ISBN 13: 9780151004195

Published by Harcourt Brace and Company, U.S.A., 1999

About this Item

G / G. Lettering sequence denotes 5th Printing of the 1999 HBCo stated 1st Edition. Book is straight, square, tightly and evenly bound and, except for some "X"s inked next to various titles listed in the Catalog of titles in the appendix, free of other markings, blemishes and gutter creasing; Cover is clean and bright, with sharp corners, gently bumped, joints, headcap, and tail, straight spine, hinges and edges, and boldly legible, crisply distinct gilt stamped lettering and design. Dust Jacket is unclipped (reflecting original USD $23 price and 0499 date), with 1/2" chip to top rear corner, bump along the head and to the rear top joint, and mild curling along the edges - none of which impair legiblilty or clarity of lettering, artwork or Author image. (Please see Seller images.) ISBN 0151004196. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping; please contact ShiroBooks PRIOR TO ORDERING or for more information, details or photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Read a Poem - And Fall in Love with Poetry (A DoubleTakeBook)
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151004196
• ISBN 13: 9780151004195
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Weight: 2 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

An examination from an award-winning poet and critic of the reasons for and meanings of poetry offers an analysis of poems by Wordsworth, Plath, Neruda, and others to precisely delineate their unique power and their ineffable message. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

About the Author

Edward Hirsch is a professor of English at the University of Houston. The author of four books of poetry, he has won many awards, including the Lavan Younger Poets Award, the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award, the Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award (for his collection Wild Gratitude), and, in 1998, the American Academy of Arts & Letters Award for Literature and a MacArthur Fellowship.