Losses by Randall Jarrell (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. Clean, crisp hardcover in near fine condition; faint shelf wear. Good plus DJ in mylar cover; mild rubbing, small chips at spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate loosening to binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A later printing. Very good in black cloth. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover - clean, no marks, clean inside, clean dj - from a private collection -.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In black cloth. A portion of jacket laid in, including front flap with $2.00 price. Owner name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. 68 pp. 8vo, cloth. Pages show some yellowing; binding slightly worn at head and heel of spine. In a somewhat scuffed dustjacket with several small chips and losses.

68 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Near fine in a jacket with a few tiny chips, some creasing and rubbing, and tanning to the rear panel.

Condition: Gut. Erstausgabe. First Imprint. 68 Seiten. Guter Zustand. - Randall Jarrell (* 6. Mai 1914 in Nashville, Tennessee, Vereinigte Staaten; 14. Oktober 1965) war ein US-amerikanischer Dichter, Literaturkritiker, Kinderbuchautor, Essayist und Novellist. Er war der elfte Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry der Library of Congress. Biographie: Jarrell studierte an der Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, wo er die Bekanntschaft von Dichtern aus Emigrantengruppen machte. Später wechselte er zum Kenyon College in Gambier (Ohio). Hier verfasste er eine Arbeit über den Dichter Alfred Edward Housman, und lernte den Dichter Robert Lowell kennen, mit dem ihn eine lebenslange Freundschaft verband. Jarrell machte seinen Masterabschluss im Jahre 1938, dann nahm er einen Lehrstuhl an der University of Texas in Austin (Texas) an. Hier lernte er seine erste Frau Mackie Langham kennen. Ab 1942 leistete er seinen Wehrdienst bei der United States Army Air Force. Zunächst diente er als Fliegerkadett, später als Navigator." Sein Frühwerk ist von seinen Kriegserlebnissen geprägt. Nach seiner Entlassung arbeitete Jarrell ein Jahr lang im Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., dann wechselte er zum Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, wo er Englisch, moderne Poesie und kreatives Schreiben unterrichtete. Jarrell erhielt für sein Schaffen zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, u. a. Guggenheim Fellowship uor 1947-48, eine Förderung des National Institute of Arts and Letters im Jahre 1951, und den National Book Award im Jahre 1961. Während eines Abendspaziergangs am 14. Oktober 1965 kam Jarrell bei einem Autounfall ums Leben. Da er kurz vorher psychologisch behandelt worden war, tauchte das Gerücht auf, er habe Selbstmord begangen. Eine Woche nach dem Unfall schrieb Robert Lowell an Elizabeth Bishop :Es besteht eine kleine Möglichkeit, dass Jarrells Tod ein Unfall war. Ich glaube, dass es Selbstmord war, und das tut jeder, der ihn gut kannte." Seine zweite Frau Mary, die er 1952 geheiratet hatte, war der Ansicht, es handle sich um einen Unfall. Am 28. Februar 1966 fand an der Yale University ein Gedenkgotesdienst statt, an dem zahlreiche der bekanntesten Dichter des Landes teilnahmen, u. a. Robert Lowell, Richard Wilbur, John Berryman, Stanley Kunitz, und Robert Penn Warren. Die New York Times bezeichnete Jarrell als den herzbrechendsten Poeten unserer Zeit", der die beste englischsprachige Poesie über den Zweiten Weltkrieg" geschrieben hat. Werk: Seine erste Gedichtsammlung "Blood from a Stranger", die Einflüsse W. H. Audens aufweist, erschien 1942. Es folgten "Little Friend, Little Friend" 1945 und "Losses" 1948, in denen er seine Erfahrungen während des Militärdienstes verarbeitet. In diesen Büchern befreite sich Jarrell von Audens Einfluss und entwickelte seinen eigenen Stil und seine poetische Philosophie. Die bekannteste seiner Veröffentlichungen von Kriegsgedichten ist The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner". In diesem wird der einzelne Soldat als schuldlos und kindlich dargestellt, er erfüllt seine Pflicht für den Staat. In dieser Zeit erwarb er den Ruf eines ausgezeichneten Kritikers, als Poet war er noch weniger bekannt. Unterstützt durch Edmund Wilson publizierte Jarrell zahlreiche Kritiken in The Nex Republic. Die Anerkennung von Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop und William Carlos Williams waren der Festigung seiner Reputation förderlich. In Reaktion auf das 1951 erschienene Buch The Seven Leage Crutchers" bezeichnete Lowell Jarrell als den talentiertesten unter-40-jährigen Dichter, der Pathos und Schönheit besser verbinden könne als Pope oder Matthew Arnold. Karl Shapiro verglich Jarrell mit dem großen, modernen Rainer Maria Rilke." Jarrell verfasste Essay über Robert Frost, dessen Poesie einen großen Einfluss auf Jarrels Werk ausgeübrt hatte, sowie über Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens. Diese Essays wurden in dem 1953 erschienen Band "Poetry and the Age" zusammengefasst. Viele Schüler betrachten ihn als den scharfsinnigsten Dichter seiner Generation, und 1979 forderte Peter Levi dazu auf, ihr Augenmerk auf Jarrells Kritiken zu richten. 1955 wurde der Roman "Pictures from an Institution" veröffentlicht, der 1955 für den National Book Award nominiert wurde. Es handelt von Jarrels Lehrerfahrungen im Sarah Lawrence College, das im Buch allerdings den Namen Benton College trägt. Zudem war Jarrell von 1956 1958 als Berater für Poesie in der Library of Congress tätig. In der Folgezeit erschienen verschiedene Kindergeschichten, u. a. "The Bat-Poet" im Jahre 1964 und The Animal Family" 1965. Als Dichter erhielt Jarrell seine Reputation durch die Verleihung des National Book Award im Jahre 1960 für The Woman at the Washington Zoo" Sein 1965 erschienener Band The Lost World", der die Kindheit zum Thema hat, wurde von der Kritik als bestes poetisches Werk betrachtet. Daneben übersetzte Jarrel Werke von Rainer Maria Rilke und anderen Dichtern, ein Schauspiel von Anton Chekhov und einige Märchen der Gebrüder Grimm. Aus wikipedia-orgRandall_Jarrell Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 140 Leinen mit Schutzumschlag und goldgeprägten Rückentitel. SU mit minimalen Abreibungen an den Kanten. (Black cloth. Fine copy in dust jacket some rubbing at edges).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+ binding. Dust Jacket Condition: near Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [10], 68 pp. First edition, first printing. As issued, in publisher's cloth with dust jacket. Binding with only minor shelfwear; a bright copy; dust jacket has some light shelfwear including some staining to the back panel at the fold; price intact on the front flap. A reasonably nice copy of Jarrell's third book, following Little Friend, Little Friend (1945), both book constitute his earliest war poems. While there was more to Jarrell's career than his war poetry, it is here that he made he made a sizable mark. Robert Fitzgerald argued that Jarrell was "practically the only American poet able to cope with the Second Great War.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. About fine in rubbed very good or better dustwrapper. Jarrell's scarce third book of poetry.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in black cloth, in a Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with some edgewear to points and tiny loss to lower rear flapfold and crown of spine-panel. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. 68pp. with Notes at end. Jarrell's third collection of verse, with wartime subject once more predominating. Q06688.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. dj has 2 minor surface scrapes on front panel.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Near Fine, scant toning rear end pages, in a Very Good dust jacket, a bit rubbed, 1" closed tear top edge rear panel, internal tape mends. His 3rd book of poetry. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

First edition. One of 1,000 copies. Black cloth; dustjacket; 8vo. 68pp. Near Fine copy of the poet's third book, with a first issue about Very Good (not price-clipped) jacket worn and rubbed at the extremities, one small chip at crown and a closed tear. WRIGHT A3. [66587].

FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN A PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAMED DATED 1948 D.J. HAS A SMALL CHIP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR PANEL, SLIGHT LOSS AT HEEL OF SPINE PANEL, A TOUCH OF RUB TO CORNERS AND VERTICAL FOLDS, A COUPLE OF TINY EDGE TEARS, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Frayed DJ. First Edition. 68pp Small piece of front cover missing where backstrip meets cover.

First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 68pp. Rubbing to spine ends; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.00), tanned, with tiny chips, tears, and rubbing to extremities; Very Good. Collection of verse, which includes "Lady Bates", "New Georgia", and "Orestes at Tauris". WRIGHT A3. [84288].

Hardcover. Black cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Black, olive, and white dj with olive/white lettering. 68 pp. with no illustrations. Poetry of loss of all kinds but mainly with a theme of wartime loss. Poignant and profound. NF/Good+ (Clean, bright, tight; dj has light edge wear and rubbing.).

1 vols. 8vo. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine copy in dust jacket with some light rubbing at ribbing at edges, tiny chip from head , but very good overall. The author's third book of poetry.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Losses JARRELL, RANDALL Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1948 Stated First Edition. VERY GOOD CONDITION. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Moderate scuffing and chipping to DJfront and edges. Slight toning with age. No marks to pages. Ted Weiss owner name on endpapers. Also Included: Inlaid (2) Newspaper Article Cut-Outs of Article Reviews, & a Draft Copy of the Poem 'Moving' with Annotations for pages 48-49 7.7 oz 8 x 5.5" This piece of literature belonged in the personal library collection of renowned American poet, critic, and Princeton professor, Theodore (Ted) Weiss (1916-2003), and wife Reneé Weiss (1924-2021), who collectively edited the well-known Quarterly Review of Literature Magazine (QRL) for sixty years.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, inscribed by the author, has a hint of a lean to spine, very slight bumps to spine ends and corners with boards starting to peek through at lower corners, and a touch of shelfwear to edges, otherwise a solid, clean VG+ copy in VG dustjacket which has small chips to spine ends and corners, slight sunning to spine, and slight edgewear with some short closed tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. signed by the Author on the front endpaper. First Printing. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Octavo (8vo), [viii], 68 pages. Bound in the publisher's original black cloth. A near fine copy, tight and clean, housed in the original dustwrapper showing only light wear and handling. This copy is warmly inscribed and signed by Randall Jarrell to fellow literary scholar Guy Steffan and his wife Esther: "To Guy [T.G. Steffan] and Esther from Randall and Mackie ----" Jarrell, an influential American poet and critic, taught at the University of Texas prior to this publication, where he met his wife, Mackie. Guy Steffan was a respected literary scholar and professor within their academic circle, making this inscription a meaningful personal and professional connection. LOSSES is Jarrell's first major poetry collection, notable for its blend of formal elegance and emotional depth. This association copy is a superb copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Fine in rubbed, very good dustwrapper with a few tiny nicks. Inscribed by the author: "To Leonard Hurley from Randall Jarrell." Author's third collection of poetry. The recipient, Leonard Hurley was a beloved professor at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he and Jarrell both taught in the English Department, and was the author of a couple of popular English textbooks.

First editions, first printings, a superb collection of family presentation copies, the first four works inscribed by Jarrell to his aunt and uncle, "To Uncle Howell and Aunt Elise, From Randall". The collection comprises Jarrell's first book appearance, in 5 Young American Poets, his third, fourth, and fifth books, and his final book, The Lost World. Jarrell's uncle, Howell Campbell (1888-1961), was influential in both his upbringing and schooling. Jarrell's parents divorced when he was ten and his mother moved him and his brother Charles to Nashville, where they grew up surrounded by her family. His uncle, who ran a successful candy company which created the popular Goo Goo Cluster, provided most of the care for the Jarrell boys. Despite Jarrell's early hopes for a literary career the expectation was that he would join the family business, and as such was initially sent by Howell to the local commercial school. However, during his first year, he developed a respiratory illness which forced him to drop out. Howell then agreed to send Jarrell to Vanderbilt, paying his day student tuition. Jarrell (1917-1965) graduated magna cum laude in 1935, and, after a detour to study psychology, completed a master's degree in English in 1937. At Vanderbilt he met the Fugitive Poets and studied under Allen Tate and John Crowe Ransom, both of whom helped him publish poetry in national magazines by his senior year. He also befriended fellow graduate student Robert Penn Warren, who helped Jarrell get his first job at Kenyon College, where he taught the young Robert Lowell. Howell's influence is clear in Jarrell's writing style. In his third book, Losses, Jarrell used Howell's "speech rhythms and businessman attitudes" for the piece entitled "Money". Jarrell's wife Mary recalls that Howell opened the book to that page and exclaimed: "Ran got it all from me! I give'm those ideez! No mam! I won't quit braggin'! Got me somep'n to brag on! Shoot! Ran don't know any folks 'cep' me's got money!". The negative response from the press to what would be Jarrell's final work, The Lost World, including a notably derisive review in the New York Times, contributed to Jarrell's declining mental health and hospitalisation in the summer of 1965. While he returned to teaching that autumn, in October of 1965 he died after being struck by a car. The present copy of The Lost World was inscribed by his wife to his brother Charles four days after his death, who then reinscribed it to his aunt Elise. Five works, octavo. Original cloth. With dust jackets. Jackets lightly rubbed, peripheral shelfwear, ring stain to rear panel of The Seven-League Crutches, unclipped: fine copies in very good jackets.