The wreck of the Thresher : and other poems.

Author/creator Meredith, William
Other author Meredith, William, 1919-2007 inscriber.
Other author Wright, Stuart, 1948- former owner.
Format Book
Edition[1st ed.].
Publication InfoNew York : Knopf, 1964.
Description48 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents The wreck of the Thresher -- Orpheus -- On falling asleep to birdsong -- For his father -- Roots -- Two Japanese maples -- An old field mowed for appearances' sake -- On looking into Robert Frost in Kanji -- An assent to wildflowers -- For Guillaume Apollinaire (Autumn crocuses ; Annie ; Mountebanks ; Autumn ; Rhenish night) -- Fables about error (A ritual mouse ; A fable of grackles ; The tale of the house swallow on Cape Ann ; Moral) -- The couple overhead -- At the opera -- Dialogue at the ballet -- The ballet -- Five accounts of a monogamous man (He thinks of the Chinese snake who is the beginning and the end ; He marvels at the persistence of passion ; Sometimes he contemplates adultery ; His hands, on a trip to Wisconsin ; Lines from his guest-book) -- About poetry (The poet as troublemaker ; Iambic feet considered as honorable scars).
Contents (Cont.) Drawing the face (Self-portrait ; A young girl reading The poetics) -- The preponderance -- To Bertolt Brecht -- An old photograph of strangers -- Consequences (Of choice ; Of love ; My acts).
Local noteInscribed on fly-leaf "For S. W. [Stuart Wright] from W. M. [William Meredith]" with handwritten poem Two Japanese maples. Includes dust jacket. Laid in is a publisher's with compliments slip (ca. April 10, 1964). Stuart Wright Book Collection #176.16. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, William Meredith Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copy Purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012
Issued in other formOnline version: Meredith, William, 1919- Wreck of the Thresher. [1st ed.]. New York, Knopf, 1964
LCCN 64014418

Availability

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Joyner Stuart Wright Collection PS3525.E588 W7 1964 ✔ Available Request Material