Moore, Marianne

Marianne Moore: New Collected Poems

ISBN: 9780374221041
New York, NY, USA: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. First American Edition. Hardcover. "At long last, the landmark achievement of Marianne Moore, one of the major inventors of poetic modernism, is presented entire, in a fully annotated and comprehensive edition- a task that has proved difficult. Until now, there has been no good vantage point from which to see the body of her remarkable work as a whole. New Collected Poems affirms Moore's central presence in the pantheon of American letters. Throughout her life Moore arranged and rearranged, visited and revisited, a large majority of her existing poetry, interspersing new work among old and continually revising even her best-known poems. As a result, sorting out the complex textual history that Moore left behind is a pressing task if we mean to represent the complete picture of her as a poet. New Collected Poems undertakes that work, in the process providing a newly accurate portrait of Moore's skillful and singular voice, and of the modernist culture she helped create." (from front flap) The definitive one-volume collection of poems by Marianne Moore (1887-1972), the canonical & highly influential American poet who was a key figure in the definition & exemplification of modernism. Edited, with an introduction & very extensive notes by Heather Cass White, the American editor, scholar & academician who is the foremost authority on Moore's work. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, "First American Edition, 2017" as stated at copyright page (preceded the same year by the first UK edition), first printing as indicated by number sequence thereon. From the collection of George Bornstein (1941-2021), the esteemed American author, scholar & academician here at the University of Michigan- & a dearly missed friend of this writer. An essential Moore collectible in its penultimately rarest contemporary form, with most-distinguished provenance. See also item No.s 9212, 9214. Book in very fine condition with only a touch of wear, slight fading & a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of front, back covers & spine; very slight rubbing, occasional spotting to edges of text block. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps at lower corners of a few page leaves, otherwise appearing substantially mint. Dust jacket very fine with only slight rubbing, faint scratching to front, esp. back covers & spine; a hint of wear & a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same & flaps. Very Fine / Very Fine. [Item #9210]

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