Can Poetry Matter? Essays on Poetry and American Culture

Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, (1992).

Price: $150.00

Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo. xiii, 257pp. Fine in lightly worn, near fine dust jacket with a portion of the spine very lightly sunned. Inscribed to noted poet Donald Justice on the title page: "For Don- who'll understand. Dana." Donald Justice is the subject of one of the essays collected here: "Tradition and an Individual Talent." An excellent association. Laid in are a three-page program for "Nosferatu," introduced (in the performance) by Dana Gioia; A reproduction (or offprint?) of Gioia's entry from *American Poets Since World War II. Third Series*; and an eight-page corner-stapled essay by Gioia titled "Warner Brothers' Fat Men" not in this collection.

Item #544618
ISBN: 1555971768

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Item #544618 Can Poetry Matter? Essays on Poetry and American Culture. Dana GIOIA, Donald Justice.
Can Poetry Matter? Essays on Poetry and American Culture