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Some Necessary Angels. Essays on Writing and Politics
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Some Necessary Angels. Essays on Writing and Politics Hardcover - 1997

by Parini, Jay

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Poet, novelist, and critic Jay Parini presents some of his best essays--both classic and unpublished works on topics ranging from baseball to Robert Frost and Ralph Waldo Emerson to the culture of creative writing. These 20 pieces are filled with the remarkable generosity of spirit and infectious enthusiasm Parini has for the written word in all its variety.

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NY: Columbian Univ. Press, 1997. 272pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Printing.. Hardcover. New/New.
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  • Title Some Necessary Angels. Essays on Writing and Politics
  • Author Parini, Jay
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Printing.
  • Condition New
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbian Univ. Press, NY
  • Date 1997
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 079882
  • ISBN 9780231110709 / 0231110707
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.15 x 1.01 in (23.47 x 15.62 x 2.57 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Poetry, Politics and literature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97025379
  • Dewey Decimal Code 809.1

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/1997, Page 1819
  • Library Journal, 02/01/1998, Page 86
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/05/1998, Page 51

About the author

Jay Parini is Axinn Professor of English at Middlebury College. A former Guggenheim Fellow and visiting fellow at Christ Church College, Oxford, Parini has published four volumes of poetry, five novels (including The Last Station and Benjamin's Crossing), a critical study of Theodore Roethke, and biographies of John Steinbeck and Robert Frost. The latter won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Award for the best work of nonfiction in 1999. He has also edited numerous volumes, including The Norton Anthology of American Autobiography, The Columbia Anthology of American Poetry, and The Columbia History of American Poetry.

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