The Night Sky. Writings on the Poetics of Experience. [Signed by Ann Lauterbach].

Lauterbach, Ann.

ISBN 10: 067003410X / ISBN 13: 9780670034109

Published by NY: Viking, 2005

About this Item

First edition, first printing, of Lauterbach's first collection of nonfiction. A fine copy, in fine dust jacket. This has been SIGNED BY ANN LAUTERBACH in full on the title page, and in addition she has added a brief personal inscription and dated it December 2005, the year of publication. Seller Inventory # 2217

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Night Sky. Writings on the Poetics of ...

Publisher: NY: Viking

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

A collection of essays by the poet author of If in Time and HUM explores the writer's advocacy of an active engagement with language and a centrality of art in a democratic society, in a volume that also includes provocative writings on the lives and works of such figures as Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Fanny Howe.

About the Author:

Ann Lauterbach is Ruth and David Schwab III Professor of Language and Literature at Bard College. Her work has received fellowship support from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine C. MacArthur Foundation. She has published six collections of poetry, including If in Time: Selected Poems 1975-2000.