A Masque of Reason, A Masque of Mercy
by Robert Frost
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good+
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
This is a lot of 2 first edition plays by ROBERT FROST; each comes with its original dust jacket:
A MASQUE OF REASON - 1945 1st edition, 1st printing (stated); Henry Holt and Company; New York.
This short play purports to be chapter 43 of the book of Job, which only has 42 chapters. Thus, Frost has written a concluding chapter in the form of the play. In this play, Frost - like John Milton in Paradise Lost - wants to justify God's ways to man. This play is not of high quality because of the use of slang language and his shallow view of divine nature and human nature.
A MASQUE OF MERCY - 1947 1st edition, 1st printing (stated); Henry Holt and Company; New York.
In the last few years Robert Frost has been occupied with a particularly stimulating subject, and one which lends itself well to the dramatic framework of the masque. Broadly, this is a concern with man's attitude towards God. In his earlier A Masque of Reason, the discussion centered around a particular aspect of the relationship between God and man. In A Masque of Mercy the question and problem of the play is that of justice and mercy. Is there not an essential contradiction in man's trust in a just God and in a merciful One? Can God, even, be both at once?
Condition:
REASON - Clean covers and spine with no stains; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Excellent condition text pages - clean with no foxing or tears; there is a name written in pen on front end paper...no other writing found; small stain at the gutter between pages 10 & 11...no other writing found. The dust jacket is un-clipped with some very light soiling to back cover and a couple small tears at top edge. MERCY - Light staining along the top edge of the covers; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are clean with no writing, stains, tears or foxing. The dust jacket has tears along the top edge and sun fading on the spine; light soiling to the back cover; the front flap is price-clipped. Small label affixed to the front end paper - "First Edition From the Library of Whitney L. Brooks."
A MASQUE OF REASON - 1945 1st edition, 1st printing (stated); Henry Holt and Company; New York.
This short play purports to be chapter 43 of the book of Job, which only has 42 chapters. Thus, Frost has written a concluding chapter in the form of the play. In this play, Frost - like John Milton in Paradise Lost - wants to justify God's ways to man. This play is not of high quality because of the use of slang language and his shallow view of divine nature and human nature.
A MASQUE OF MERCY - 1947 1st edition, 1st printing (stated); Henry Holt and Company; New York.
In the last few years Robert Frost has been occupied with a particularly stimulating subject, and one which lends itself well to the dramatic framework of the masque. Broadly, this is a concern with man's attitude towards God. In his earlier A Masque of Reason, the discussion centered around a particular aspect of the relationship between God and man. In A Masque of Mercy the question and problem of the play is that of justice and mercy. Is there not an essential contradiction in man's trust in a just God and in a merciful One? Can God, even, be both at once?
Condition:
REASON - Clean covers and spine with no stains; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Excellent condition text pages - clean with no foxing or tears; there is a name written in pen on front end paper...no other writing found; small stain at the gutter between pages 10 & 11...no other writing found. The dust jacket is un-clipped with some very light soiling to back cover and a couple small tears at top edge. MERCY - Light staining along the top edge of the covers; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are clean with no writing, stains, tears or foxing. The dust jacket has tears along the top edge and sun fading on the spine; light soiling to the back cover; the front flap is price-clipped. Small label affixed to the front end paper - "First Edition From the Library of Whitney L. Brooks."
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- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2225
- Title
- A Masque of Reason, A Masque of Mercy
- Author
- Robert Frost
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945, 1947
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- robert frost, masque of reason, masque of mercy, mending wall, birches, frost poems poetry, new hampshire, a boys will, mountain interval, west running brook, north of boston, a witness tree, a further range, road not taken, stopping by woods snowy evenin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Fiction; Poetry;
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CraigsClassics
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Hudson, New Hampshire
About CraigsClassics
My store offers a curated selection of antiquarian books in a variety of topics with an emphasis on classic literature and children's classics. I take pride in providing great customer service with prompt replies to offers and inquiries, careful packaging and next-day shipping. Based in scenic southern New Hampshire.
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