The Woman on the Bridge over the Chicago River is Allen Grossman's first collection with New Directions. His voice is astonishingly contemporary, his often dissociated imagery bordering on the surreal--yet one hears in his verse classical and Biblical echoes and, on occasion, darker medieval undertones. The brilliance of his imagination works against a measured eloquence, setting up a fine-edged tension not unlike the prophetic verse of William Blake, the wild dithyrambs of David, or the more controlled metrics of Catullus ...
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The Woman on the Bridge over the Chicago River is Allen Grossman's first collection with New Directions. His voice is astonishingly contemporary, his often dissociated imagery bordering on the surreal--yet one hears in his verse classical and Biblical echoes and, on occasion, darker medieval undertones. The brilliance of his imagination works against a measured eloquence, setting up a fine-edged tension not unlike the prophetic verse of William Blake, the wild dithyrambs of David, or the more controlled metrics of Catullus and Villon.
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Add this copy of The Woman on the Bridge Over the Chicago River: a Book to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by BookHouse On-Line rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by New Directions Publishing Corporation.
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Very Good- NOT ex-library. 1st paperback printing, with foreword by Robert Fitzgerald. Previous owner's name on inside of front cover, otherwise tight and clean. Light shelfwear. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Add this copy of The Woman on the Bridge Over the Chicago River: a Book to cart. $16.00, very good condition, Sold by Rose's Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harwich Port, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by New Directions.
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Very Good. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. New York: New Directions, 1979. 8vo. First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover. 82 pp. "Allen Grossman seems to me among the best, and least known, of the middle generation of American poets: the generation of Ashbery and Merwin and James Wright.." [D. Bromwitch, The New Republic]. Small stain cover of rear cover. Very good.
Add this copy of The Woman on the Bridge Over the Chicago River to cart. $26.78, like new condition, Sold by Bibliodisia Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by New Directions.
Add this copy of The Woman on the Bridge Over the Chicago River to cart. $39.17, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by New Directions.
