8vo. first edition, 939 pp. authors presentation inscription on tile page, very good in original red cloth gilt, light shelfwear only in unclipped, lightly shelfworn dustwrapper, very good. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Lives Of The Poets

Publisher

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London

Publication Date

1998

ISBN 10

0297840142

ISBN 13

9780297840145

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Signed

Signed by Author

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Literary Criticism, General Biography

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Synopsis

A Sophie's World for poetry : on the lives and works of poets writing in English from Chaucer to Keats, from Yeats to Heaney, from Whitman to Walcott. An indespensable book for all those interested in poetry who may not want to read an entire biography of a poet and for anyone studying poetry at school or university.

About the Author

Michael Schmidt is Professor of Poetry at the University of Glasgow. He edits the magazine PN Review and is the founder and editorial director of Carcanet Press. He has translated poems and essays by the Mexican writer Octavio Paz.

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