Pre-eminent poetry scholar M. L. Rosenthal described Kenneth Fearing as "the chief poet of the American Depression". Commenting on this first complete volume of his poetry, Carl Rakosi wrote, "Fearing's language ... plain and ordinary, has a cadence, a music of its own, not borrowed from any English or French literary models, or any other, that's distinctly American". "The energy, the imagery, the unspooked directness of vision are still startling and as fresh as on first publication ... The book, as artifact, is a rarity ...
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Pre-eminent poetry scholar M. L. Rosenthal described Kenneth Fearing as "the chief poet of the American Depression". Commenting on this first complete volume of his poetry, Carl Rakosi wrote, "Fearing's language ... plain and ordinary, has a cadence, a music of its own, not borrowed from any English or French literary models, or any other, that's distinctly American". "The energy, the imagery, the unspooked directness of vision are still startling and as fresh as on first publication ... The book, as artifact, is a rarity among collected works in that it is pleasing, making it a natural for poetry readers and students, as well as unavoidable for libraries, which will need it as another landmark recovery". -- Choice
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Add this copy of Kenneth Fearing Complete Poems to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Turn-The-Page Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Skyway, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by National Poetry Foundation.
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Very Good. National Poetry Foundation, 1994. Covers are moderately shelf rubbed. Binding tight, Unmarked inside. Color frontis. painting of Fearing. lxiiim, 310pp. --Kenneth Flexner Fearing (1902-1961) was an American poet and novelist. A major poet of the Depression era, he addressed the shallowness and consumerism of American society as he saw it, often by ironically adapting the language of commerce and media. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
Add this copy of Complete Poems (Phoenix Living Poet Series) to cart. $91.01, very good condition, Sold by Half Price Books Inc rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by National Poetry Foundation.
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Add this copy of Kenneth Fearing Complete Poems to cart. $132.07, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Natl Poetry Foundation.
