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1 online resource (xv, 204 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; CONTENTS; Foreword; PART ONE Poems from the 1950s to the 1970s: selections from Bone Thoughts, White Paper, and Desperate Measures; PART TWO Shapes from the 1970s to the 1990s; PART THREE Poems from the 1980s to the 1990s: selections from Talkin' B.A. Blues, The Argot Merchant Disaster and Visible Ink; About the Author. |
| Summary |
Eighty-one poems spanning the career of the late George Starbuck, widely praised luminary of modern American verse. Starbuck was known in his lifetime and is remembered today as a practitioner of verse remarkable for its pathos, intelligence, and wit. A master of American vernacular, sensitive to the rhythms of everyday speech, Starbuck was also a brilliant lyricist, at once erudite and irreverent. He addressed some of the most profound issues of his day with a playful ingenuity and a virtuosity of talent that Glyn Maxwell, poetry editor of the New Republic, writing in The Oxford Companion to. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American poetry.
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American poetry. |
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American literature.
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American literature. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Starbuck, Kathryn, 1939-
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Meese, Elizabeth A., 1943-
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. 2003 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003040028
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Starbuck, George, 1931- Selections. 2003. Works. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2003 (DLC) 2003008342 |
| ISBN |
9780817380960 (electronic book) |
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0817380965 (electronic book) |
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9780817350536 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0817350535 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780817313784 |
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0817313788 (alkaline paper) |
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0817350535 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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