ROETHKE, THEODORE
The Far Field: The Last Poems of a Major American Poet
Garden City, Long Island, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's brick red cloth over blue cloth boards, fore-edge deckle. These are the author's final poems, published posthumously, and the winner of the poet's second National Book Award. Theodore Huebner Roethke (1908 – 1963) was an American poet. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation, having won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book The Waking, and the annual National Book Award for Poetry on two occasions: in 1959 for Words for the Wind, and posthumously in 1965 for The Far Field. His work was characterized by its introspection, rhythm and natural imagery. Light spotting on the top edge only. else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket is only lightly chipped along the top edge and at the head and heel of the spine, else fine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 95 pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
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