The Fading Smile by Peter Davison 1996 Softcover Illustrated Boston Poetry

Description: Softcover book with illustrated covers, covers have light surface and extremity wear, very slight corner curl to front cover corners, solid binding, interior is clean, interior has very slight odor though no moisture damage evident. Overall condition of the book is Very Good - near Very Good +. Please see photos for more information on the condition of the book. 8vo/octavo size at spine, 346 pages, index, notes section, note about the author section, permissions acknowledgements section, bibliography, chronology 1954-1963, acknowledgements page, contents page, illustrated with a six page b&w photos section, published by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, N.Y., 1996 (1994), stated First published as a Norton paperback 1996 by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. Very nice clean condition to this book dealing with the poetry scene and its major personalities in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s. Book’s subtitled: “ Poets In Boston From Robert Lowell To Sylvia Plath.” From the rear cover notes: “ The brilliant circle of poets in Boston (1955-1960) from Robert Frost to Robert Lowell, Richard Wilbur, W.S. Merwin, Anne Sexton, Adrienne Rich, and Sylvia Plath.” From the rear cover review notes: “ No one has attempted so knowing and evocative a description of this literary milieu...Davison’s approach is both novel and illuminating. He presents his authors individually (and as) a group, carefully tracing their relation to one another...He is uniquely qualified to chronicle the complex story. He is the ultimate literary Boston insider - not only the longtime poetry editor for the Atlantic Monthly but successively a key editor at three major publishing houses. The author of nine volumes of poetry, he knew all the major characters of his narrative personally... (His book) provides a candid, first-hand account of the mid-century poetic revolution.” DANA GIOIA, Washington Post Book World. Book’s been stored in a smoke free home with four short haired pets. Please study and understand what you’re looking at/buying; I accept returns within 30 days, buyer pays for return shipping. I only accept PayPal for payment, please no e-checks. I will ship internationally via eBay’s Global Shipping Program. Shipping charges listed are for US shipping only and are paid by the seller; alternate US shipping charges are paid by the buyer. Please don’t hesitate to contact me through eBay with any questions or serious reasonable Best Offer submissions; I’ll gladly respond ASAP. I invite you to visit my eBay store Bill’s Books And Things, browse through the other fine books and items listed there for sale, and follow the store to keep current with all the latest additions to the store, thanks!

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