The world of poetry : poets and critics on the art and functions of poetry extracts / selected and arranged by Clive Sansom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Sansom, Clive, 1910-1981.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry--History and criticism.

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 224 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Phoenix House, 1959.

Notes:

"First published 1959."

"For twenty-five years Clive Sansom, himself a poet, has been collecting the views of poets and critics of all ages on poetry as an art and as a way of looking at life. He now presents these views in such a form as to make us see more clearly the part which poetry has played and must continue to play in civilization."--Dustjacket.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy dustjacket has "The Writer" pasted over publisher on spine.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has label "The Writer, Inc. Publishers, Boston 16, Massachusetts" pasted over imprint on title page.

OCLC:

330727