On Grief And Reason: Essays - Hardcover
This work contains a collection of essays by Brodsky, which have been written since he was awarded the Nobel Prize For Literature in 1987. It includes "An Immodest Proposal" written while he was Poet Laureate, in which he exhorts other poets to address a broad public and in meditations on the nature of exile and the future of Europe he considers the international scene with unmatched insight.
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Joseph Brodsky was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987, and served as the US Poet Laureate. His other works include LESS THAN ONE, MARBLES: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS, WATERMARK, TO URANIA: SELECTED POEMS, and SO FORTH. Joseph Brodsky died in January 1996.
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- PublisherHamish Hamilton
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0241135672
- ISBN 13 9780241135679
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages496
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition with full number-string sequence including the no. "1": 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Author's copyright states 1996 on the publisher's copyright page as called for. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Very small surface light mark to front board. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Page clean. No inscriptions. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing the original publisher's price of £20.00. Edges of dustwrapper very slightly rubbed and creased. Tiny loss and rubbing to corners of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper bright. 224 mm x 142 mm. 484 pages. ***On Grief and Reason is the second volume of Joseph Brodsky's essays on poetry, politics and autobiography, and the last book he published before he died. In addition to the justly celebrated lecture he gave on receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987, the volume includes essays on the condition of exile, the nature of history, the art of reading, and the idea of the poet as an inveterate Don Giovanni, as well as an homage to Marcus Aurelius and an appraisal of the case of the double agent Kim Philby. The title essay is a consideration of the poetry of Robert Frost, and the book also includes a fond appreciation of Thomas Hardy, a 'Letter to Horace', a close reading of Rilke's poem 'Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes', and a memoir of Stephen Spender. Among the other essays are Brodsky's open letter to Czech President Vaclav Havel and his 'immodest proposal' for the future of poetry, an address he delivered while serving as US Poet Laureate.'' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the first UK edition in its original dustwrapper - hard to find in this bright collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 4587
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