Henry Purcell in Japan Poems by Mary Jo Salter

Henry Purcell in Japan, Poems by Mary Jo Salter, Esteemed American Poet. 1985 Knopf Poetry Series, 1st Edition. Paperback Format. OP

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is "Henry Purcell in Japan" a book of poems by Mary Jo Salter. Salter is not only a poet, but a literary editor and a professor of writing. You may recall that she was a co-editor of "The Norton Anthology of Poetry". "Henry Purcell in Japan" was her first published book or her own poetry, and a welcome event it was! On the rear cover is a review by poet Richard Wilbur of Salter's book: "Mary Jo Salter's first book is a cheering event, bringing as it does a poetry full of alertness, tact, credible feeling, and an unforced gaiety of form. Like Elizabeth Bishop, of whose clean-cut style one is reminded, she is a noticer and a questioner. For all her modesty of tone, she has a range of awareness, and a response which, in a time when much poetry has shrunk to the merely personal, is refreshingly large." It is not offhand that Wilbur should mention Elizabeth Bishop, for it was with Bishop that Mary Jo Salter studied poetry at Harvard. Many of the poems in the book reflect experiences in Japan. *************************************** The title poem, "Henry Purcell in Japan", starts: "Here death does not confine itself / to the shuttered funeral parlor, / but roams from house to house like a beggar, / as quotidian as rain." **************************************** SERIES : Knopf Poetry Series (#15) / TITLE : Henry Purcell in Japan / AUTHOR : Mary Jo Salter (b. 1954) / IMPRINT : Alfred A. Knopf / PLACE : New York / DATE : 1985 / EDITION : First Edition in Paperback Format (Issued simultaneously with the hardcover format) / STATUS : OP - Out of Print PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade paperback; 74 pages; decorated wraps, glued. cover is decorated in black and brown against a buff background. title, etc. lettered in black. ************************************** CONDITION - VERY GOOD - This is a previously owned book, clean and attractive, with the following noted :: EXTERIOR : Very mild surface rub, else bright and attractive. / BINDING : Solid, fairly tight. the fore-edge of the front cover has a slight yawn. / INTERIOR : I spied a barely perceptible trace of pencil erasure on the front fly-leaf, else clean and unmarked throughout. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1418

Contactar al vendedor