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T. S. Eliot: Aesthetics and History
by Freed, Lewis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
La Salle, IL: Open Court, 1962. Discussion of Eliot's aesthetic "theory of poetry, its sources, and the issues it raises", which the author asserts is rooted in the ideas of F. H. Bradley, related to the Aristotelian & Kantian traditions, and to the criticism of Johnson, Wordsworth & Arnold. Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book, tiny stain to top edge; jacket shows light rubbing, a little tanning & light damage to spine where a masking tape label was removed. Text clean; xii, [4], 235 pages; index, notes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- t1074
- Title
- T. S. Eliot: Aesthetics and History
- Author
- Freed, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Place of Publication
- La Salle, IL
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Literature, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Literary Theory, Philosophy
- Size
- Small Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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