THE OCEAN, THE BIRD, AND THE SCHOLAR : Essays on Poets and Poetry by Vendler, Helen - 2015

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of this collection of essays on 19th- and 20th-century poets, including Elizabeth Bishop, Wallace Stevens, Seamus Heaney, and Jorie Graham. 9'' x 6''. Original black cloth. In original unclipped ($35.00) dust jacket. 444 pages. A few annotations in pen to introduction only. Corners bumped, lightest edgewear.

Harvard University Press, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. FIrst edition, first printing. Clean unmarked pages, boards a little wobbly, firm binding; creasing to jacket at top of spine. One of the foremost commentators on poetry examines the work of a broad range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century English, Irish, and American poets. The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar gathers two decades worth of Helen Vendler's essays, book reviews, and occasional prose including the 2004 Jefferson Lecture in a single volume. 464 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; ISBN/EAN: 9780674736566. Inventory No: dscf11485. . 9780674736566