CAN POETRY MATTER?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture [Inscribed]

Author: Gioia, Dana
Title: CAN POETRY MATTER?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture [Inscribed]
Publication: St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1992
Edition: First Edition

Description: First printing. Inscribed to a fellow poet associated with New Formalism. Octavo; cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 257pp. Trifle rubbed on bottom board edges, else Near Fine, in original dustwrapper, also Near Fine.

A now classic collection of essays and reviews published after his 1991 title essay in The Atlantic caused a storm of controversy. Perhaps the most discussed essay on poetry in the 90's.

Seller ID: 66347

Subject: Modern Poetry


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