The Hand of the poet
poems and papers in manuscript : the New York Public Library Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
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Contributions
- Phillips, Rodney, 1946- - Contributor
- New York Public Library. - Contributor
Publication
1997 - Rizzoli, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
89,500 words, Guess
Page Count
358 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL813209M
- ISBN-100847819582
- OCLC Control Number33818867
- OCLC Control Numberhandofpoetpoemsp0000berg
- Library of Congress Control Number95050472
and 2 more
- LibraryThing256319
- Goodreads986043
Classifications
- DDC821.008
- LCCZ2014.P7 B39 1997
- LCCPR502 B39 1997
Description
Based on an enormously successful exhibition at The New York Public Library, The Hand of the Poet draws the reader into the real world of the poet - ink spots, tobacco stains, and all - by presenting a wide range of working drafts, letters, diary entries, photographs, and memorabilia. One hundred writers from the seventeenth century to the present day are represented. Biographies and portraits of each poet - alongside manuscripts of such legendary works as Yeats's "The Wild Swans at Coole" and W. H. Auden's "Stop All the Clocks" - make up a mosaic that offers powerful and often surprising revelations of the person behind the poem. Illustrated with over three hundred black-and-white photographs, The Hand of the Poet is for those new to poetry as well as those for whom poetry has been a life-long passion.
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