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Selected poems

Title
Selected poems / edited by F.O. Matthiessen.
Author
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Publication
Norfolk, Connecticut : New Directions, [1944]

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no. 1-8TextUse in library D-12 7342 no. 1-8Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
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Additional Authors
  • Matthiessen, F. O. (Francis Otto), 1902-1950, euthor of preface.
  • Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
  • Evans, Margaret B.
  • Kent, Norman, 1903-1972
  • New Directions Publishing, publisher.
  • Marchbanks Press, printer.
  • James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Description
30, [2] pages; 23 cm
Series Statement
Poets of the year ; 1944
Uniform Title
Poems. Selections. 1944.
Alternative Title
Poems. 1944.
Subject
  • American poetry > 19th century
  • United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Poetry
Genre/Form
  • War poetry.
  • Dust jackets – Connecticut – Norfolk – 1944.
  • Private press books – New York (State) – New York – 1944.
Note
  • "Title-page drawing by Norman Kent; design by Margaret B. Evans; printed at the Marchbanks Press, New York" -- colophon.
Indexed In (note)
  • Carruth, H. New Directions reader
  • Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
Contents
The portent (1859) -- Misgivings (1860) -- Shiloh, a requiem (April 1862) -- The house-top, a night piece (July 1863) -- Sheridan at Cedar Creek (October 1864) -- In the prison pen (1864) -- The college colonel -- A dirge for McPherson, killed in front of Atlanta (July 1864) -- On the slain collegians -- Commemorative of a naval victory -- Old counsel of the young master of a wrecked California clipper -- The tuft of kelp -- The Maldive shark -- To Ned -- The berg -- Pebbles -- The ravaged villa -- Fragments of a lost Gnostic poem of the 12th century -- Art -- The Attic landscape -- Greek architecture -- Of Rome -- On Mammon -- Ungar and Rolfe -- Epilogue -- Immolated -- Gold in the mountain -- Time's long ago -- The lake, Pontoosuc.
Call Number
D-12 7342
LCCN
a 45001571
OCLC
1408567
Author
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891, author.
Title
Selected poems / edited by F.O. Matthiessen.
Imprint
Norfolk, Connecticut : New Directions, [1944]
Type of Content
text
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Poets of the year ; 1944
Indexed In:
Carruth, H. New Directions reader, page 228
Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 12
Local Note
Copy in Berg Coll 22-2264 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
Copy in Berg Coll 22-2264 is one of six volumes in a slipcase.
Added Author
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Matthiessen, F. O. (Francis Otto), 1902-1950, editor, euthor of preface.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
Evans, Margaret B., book designer.
Kent, Norman, 1903-1972, illustrator.
New Directions Publishing, publisher.
Marchbanks Press, printer.
Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
Javitch, Daniel, donor.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Research Call Number
D-12 7342
*KSD (Melville, H. Selected poems)
Berg Coll 22-2264
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