THE HAND OF THE POET; poems and papers in manuscript, with essays by Dana Gioia

NY: Rizzoli, (1977). First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 358. Illustrated. Inscribed by Phillips to poet William Jay Smith: "For William Jay Smith - | poet extra-ordinaire | Rodney Phillips" Near fine in dj. Smith is mentioned in the book with a note about Richard Wilbur. Item #58348

"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." [Pub. Info].

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