On Poetry and Poets
by Eliot, T. S
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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Franklin, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket has a few tiny chips and very slight edgewear - protected in a Mylar sleeve. See image. ; Book is in pristine condition. The Nobel Prize-winning poet's literary essays and lectures on Virgil, Sir John Davies, Milton, Johnson, Byron, Goethe, Kipling, Yeats, and the art of poetry. "Contains seven essays on 'poetry' and nine essays on 'poets' ... [including] the long essay on Goethe not hitherto obtainable in this country, and the Ballard Matthews Lectures, delivered at University College, North Wales, in 1944, on 'Samuel Johnson as poet and critic', not previously published anywhere"--[Jacket] "explores the different forms and purposes of poetry in essays such as "The Three Voices of Poetry," "Poetry and Drama," and "What Is Minor Poetry?" as well as the works of individual poets, including Virgil, Milton, Byron, Goethe, and Yeats." [macmillan]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9128
- Title
- On Poetry and Poets
- Author
- Eliot, T. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Poetry, Poetry Criticism, Nobel Prize Winners
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