Figures of Thought: Speculations on the Meaning of Poetry and Other Essays
Boston: David R. Godine, (1978).
Price: $100.00
Softcover. First edition. Perfectbound in wrappers. Fine. Signed by Nemerov. Although not marked as such, this copy was owned by Elbert Lenrow, a professor at the New School who taught Nemerov, along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. He later penned a book about his friendship with Kerouac and was dedicatee of *The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov*.
Item #408019
ISBN: 0879232854
Howard Nemerov
birth name: Howard Nemerov
born: 3/1/1920
died: 7/5/1991
Biography
American poet, novelist, and critic whose poetry, marked by irony and self-deprecatory wit, is often about nature. In 1978 Nemerov received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov, which appeared in 1977. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore