The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays. by Guy Davenport - 1981.

San Francisco, CA North Point Press, 1981. Paperback First Edition Thus [1981], unstated in accordance with North Point Press's customary practice. First Edition Thus [1981], unstated in accordance with North Point Press's customary practice. Very Good+ in Wraps with Good+ DJ: The Book shows only some creasing to the backstrip and light wear to the extremities; perhaps a little toning to the white self-wrapper covers; "Book Dept" rubber-stamped at the bottom edge of the text block; a hint of thumbing to the fore-edge at light dusting to the top edge; the binding is very slightly cocked off square, but remains secure (sewn binding); the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor imperfections. The DJ shows wear along the top edge with several chips, nicks, and tears; light sunning to the mint green background field of the backstrip (the black titles are unaffected: bold and clearly legible); mild rubbing to the panels; the price is intact. Serviceable and intact, but shows some wear. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9 x 6 x 1.2 inches). x, 384 pages. Language: English. Weight: 22 ounces. Paperback in DJ. Davenport was a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford from 1948 to 1950. He studied Old English under J. R. R. Tolkien and graduated with a B.Litt., with a thesis on James Joyce. Davenport befriended Ezra Pound during the poet's incarceration in St. Elizabeths Hospital, visiting him annually from 1952 until Pound's release, in 1958, and later at Pound's home in Rapallo, Italy. Davenport described one such visit, in 1963, in the story "Ithaka". Davenport wrote his dissertation on Pound's poetry, published as Cities on Hills in 1983. This interest led him to Hugh Kenner, who became one of his most important literary friends. Davenport received the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation in 1996. These essays cover a range of topics, including art and architecture, religion, and literature in a collage of ideas, commentary, and criticism from snake handling to Wallace Stevens.