Williamson, Alan

Pity the Monsters The Political Vision of Robert Lowell

Hardcover, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Book plate of noted collector Rolland Comstock on front paste-down. "This study shows Lowell as a modern epic poet, political in the largest sense...Mr. Williamson argues that Lowell's poetry has moved toward a psychological vision of political behavior akin to the later Freud's...While essentially a thematic study, this book can also be read as a commentary or guide to much of the poetry..." - from the dust jacket. Ships same or next business day. Spine is lightly bumped and titles are quite faded. Bottom corner of pages 179-182 are creased. Back paste-down is worn thin at tail-edge. Dust jacket is lightly worn at creases and corners. 1 1/2-inch tear in tail-edge at spine. 1/8th-inch tears in tail-edge of back cover, and head-edge of front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 221 pages. [Item #51869]

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