"Christopher Middleton's rare genius for exact observation and metaphysical wit has given us for over half a century now poems of such brilliant craftsmanship and exacting sensibility that a few critics only have dared to assess their magic. He is an incomparable stylist, a wry ironist, a philosopher of words. The only category in which he fits justly is that of a poet." --Guy Davenport "Our language has not enjoyed the work of a poet so religious, without the consolations of convention, since the death of Wallace Stevens. ...
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"Christopher Middleton's rare genius for exact observation and metaphysical wit has given us for over half a century now poems of such brilliant craftsmanship and exacting sensibility that a few critics only have dared to assess their magic. He is an incomparable stylist, a wry ironist, a philosopher of words. The only category in which he fits justly is that of a poet." --Guy Davenport "Our language has not enjoyed the work of a poet so religious, without the consolations of convention, since the death of Wallace Stevens."--Graham Christian, Harvard Review
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Add this copy of Forty Days in the Calypso Saloon & Frescoes With to cart. $20.63, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Syracuse University Press.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
Add this copy of Forty Days in the Calypso Saloon and Frescoes with to cart. $24.59, very good condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2013 by Sheep Meadow Press.
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Very Good. New/unused. Scratches to cover & minor scuffs to edges. Light marks to cover/textblock edges. Content as new. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 136 p.
Add this copy of Forty Days in the Calypso Saloon & Frescoes With to cart. $39.01, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Sheep Meadow Press.
Add this copy of Forty Days in the Calypso Saloon & Frescoes With to cart. $69.71, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Sheep Meadow Press.