Ecco Press, 1994. 63pp, Hardback, dark blue cloth spine, blue board covers, Dust jacket has short tear on the back along bottom edge, minor rubbing at spine ends, Second printing, the author explains what he sees and how it affects him emotionally when viewing twenty-three of Edward Hopper's most important paintings, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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Mark Strand was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and was raised and educated in the United States. He has written nine books of poems, which have brought him many honors and grants, including a MacArthur Fellowship and, for Blizzard of One , the 1999 Pulitzer Prize. he was chosen as Poet Laureate of the United States in 1990. He is the author of a book of stories, Mr. and Mrs. Baby , several volumes of translations (including works by Rafael Alberti and Carlos Drummond de Andrade, among others), the editor of a number of anthologies, and the author of two monographs on contempory artists. He teaches in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.

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Bookseller: Karen Wickliff - Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: w210329805
Title: Hopper (Writers on Art Series)
Author: Strand, Mark
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
ISBN 10: 0880013435
ISBN 13: 9780880013437
Publisher: Ecco Press
Place of Publication: Hopewell, Nj
Date Published: 1994
Keywords: Art Criticism Descriptions Paintings Visual Images essay Meaning
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry; Literary Criticism; Art;

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