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Robert Creeley
A Biography
by Ekbert Faas ; Maria Trombacco ; Ann Mackinnon
ISBN: 1584651709
ISBN-13: 9781584651703
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
In this unconventional biography of an unconventional life, Faas shares the anecdotes of Creeley's life in the language in which Creeley and his famous circle of friends related them. Excerpts from the diary and memoir of Creeley's first wife help paint the portrait of the poet and of his early involvement with the poetry movements that so profoundly shaped the American literary scene.
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"Despite late-career reservations, the account of Creeley's first 40 years embraces the writer like a comfortable old jacket, and this biography feels a good fit."
-- Kirkus
"[An] extraordinary biography..." -- James Campbell
-- Threepenny Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ Pr of New England
Published date: 2001
Size: 6.5 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 2.2 pounds
Pages: 536
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Robert Creeley: A Biography
Faas, Ekbert
University Press of New England, 2001-10-01. Hardcover. New. GREAT Bargain Book Deal - some may have small remainder mark - Ships out by NEXT Business Day - 100% Satisfaction Guarantee! ( more information) Offered by BookCloseouts.com (Canada)
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Robert Creeley : A Biography
Faas, Ekbert
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2001 513 pp. . Review Copy. Dust Jacket Scratches . Cloth. No Markings in the Text. Very Good to Near Fine/Very Good to Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Montana Book Company (United States)
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Robert Creeley: A Biography
Faas, Ekbert; Trombacco, Maria; Mackinnon, Ann
Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of New England, 2001 This hardcover first edition is in excellent (fine) condition in an excellent (fine) dustjacket.. First Edition. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by Indian Path Books (United States)
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Robert Creeley: A Biography
Faas, Ekbert
HB. May have a remainder mark and/or minor shelf wear. Text is clean. VG or better. ( more information) Offered by McIntyre & Moore Booksellers Inc (United States)
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Robert Creeley: A Biography
Faas, Ekbert; Trombacco, Maria; Mackinnon, Ann
University Press of New England. Used - Like New. 513 Pages. 1st. 2001 Hardcover. Fine. ( more information) Offered by Powell's Bookstores Chicago (United States)
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ROBERT CREELEY: A Biography
FAAS, Ekbert with Maria Trombacco [Ann Mackinnon]
Hanover: University Press of New England, 2001. x,513 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Photos. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Including excerpts from the memoirs and 1944 diary of the poet's first wife, Ann MacKinnon. Fine in Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 1584651709 <em>The first 50 years in the life of a great American poet.</em> ( more information) Offered by Recollection Books (United States)
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Robert Creeley: A Biography
[Creeley, Robert] Faas, Ekbert; Trombacco, Maria; MacKinnon, Ann
Hanover, NH and London: University Press of New England. 2001. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Near Fine. Slight rubbing to jacket; else a near fine copy internally. x, 513 pages + plates. " ... tour-de-force biography" (jacket front flyleaf) of the influential American poet and critic's first 40 years (to 1966); notable for the appendix of excerpts of Creeley's first wife's memoirs (including her 1944 diary). Includes bibliography and index. ( more information) Offered by Arundel Books (United States)
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Robert Creeley: A Biography
Faas, Ekbert; Trombacco, Maria; Mackinnon, Ann
POETRY: Univ Pr of New England, 2001. 513 pp. Indexed. Flawless copy. Now protected in a New Mylar Cover. Drawing on anecdotes and remembrances of Creeley's contemporaries, as well as the poet's own letters and papers, literary editor and scholar Faas presents a largely unflattering portrait of the acclaimed poet's first 50 years. Throughout his travels and marriages, he casually ensnared and then disposed of wives of close friends. Treating rivals with unbridled scorn, Creeley reacted to failure with impotence and then rage, resulting in violence imaginary or real and drinking bouts, and seemed on a perennial quest to heal his fractured ego. EMINENTLY GIFTWORTHY.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by Second Story Books (United States)
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Robert Creely: a Biography
Fass, Ekbert with Maria Trobacco
University Press Of New England. 2001. ISBN: 1584651709. Fine in a fine DJ. In original publisher's shrink wrap; Cloth backed boards; Thick 8vo; DJ. ( more information) Offered by Optical Insights (United States)
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ROBERT CREELEY : A Biography
Faas, Ekbert; Trombacco, Maria
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2001 513pp: The first extended biography of the poet, and through Creeley a survey of contemporary poetics.. First Edition. Cloth. Mint/Mint. ( more information) Offered by McLean Arts & Books (United States)
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ROBERT CREELEY: A BIOGRAPHY
Ekbert Faas with Maria Trombacco
By Ekbert Faas with Maria Trombacco. Including excerpts from the memoirs and 1944 diary of the poet’s first wife, Ann Mackinon. Hanover: University Press of New England, (2001). First edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket. 513 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Fine. ( more information) Offered by Chloe's Books (United States)
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Robert Creeley
Faas, Ekbert
U. Press New England, 2001. First printing. As new, still in shrinkwrap. 536 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by citynightsbooks (United States)
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Robert Creeley: A Biography
Faas, Ekbert
UPNE. LIBRARY BINDING. 1584651709 Excellent condition, hardcover 2001, First Edition, slt scuf to dust jacket in brodart, light shelfwear to gray cloth cover, text tight and crisp without marks, pristine copy . New. ( more information) Offered by Agora Bookstore (United States)
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Robert Creeley: A Biography [Library Binding]
Ekbert Faas; Maria Trambacco
Probable First Edition published in 2001 by the University Press of New England, a fine 513-page haardcover book in a nice dust jacket (as pictured), unread, unused and unmarked, this is a very good copy.(859) ( more information) Offered by Frances Pryor (United States)
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