Sweet Theft: A Poet's Commonplace Book
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Centuries ago, when books were rare, those who owned them would lend them to friends, who in turn would copy out passages they especially liked before returning the precious book to its owner. These anthologies came to be known as Commonplace Books, and modern writers as different as W. H. Auden and Alec Guinness have kept them as well, recording phrases or passages that struck them as wise or witty or quirky. The result is as much the self-portrait...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1619027135
ISBN13:9781619027138
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:Counterpoint LLC
Length:256 Pages
Weight:1.03 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 5.7" x 7.7"
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