ISBN: 9780062565099 - commotion of the birds: new poems – contemporary american poetry exploring modern life with wry humor and insight (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Printing. no owners' marks; hard cover and dust jacket show only nominal; Very Good Crisp, clean pages except for a felt-tip mark along the heel edge of the page block edge wear at spine ends, otherwise excellent. 100pp.

Zustand: New. 2016. 1. Ausgabe. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 74 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A crackling, moving new collection from one of America's greatest living poets.In over twenty-six original books, the poems of John Ashbery have long served as signposts guiding us through the delights, woes, hypocrisies, and uncertainties of living in the modern world. With language harvested from everyday speech, fragments of pop culture, objects and figures borrowed from art and literature, his work makes light out of darkness, playing with tone and style to show how even the seemingly frivolous stuff of existence can be employed to express the deepest levels of feeling.Commotion of the Birds showcases once again Ashbery's mastery of a staggering range of voices and his singular lyric agility: wry, frank, contemplative, resigned, bemused, and ecstatic. The poet in this new collection is at once removed from and immersed in the terrain of his examination. Disarmingly conversational, he invites the reader to join him in looking out onto the future with humor, curiosity, and insight. The lines of these poems achieve a low-humming, thrilling point of vibration, a jostling of feathers before flight. …

Gebunden. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnJohn Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, in 1927. He wrote more than twenty books of poetry, including Quick Question Planisphere Notes from the Air A Worldly Country Where Shall I Wander .