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The First Book: Twentieth-Century Poetic Careers in America Jesse Zuba
The First Book: Twentieth-Century Poetic Careers in America
Jesse Zuba
"We have many poets of the First Book," the poet and critic Louis Simpson remarked in 1957, describing a sense that the debut poetry collection not only launched the contemporary poetic career but also had come to define it. Surveying American poetry over the past hundred years, The First Book explores the emergence of the poetic debut as a unique
232 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 15, 2025 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691271118 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 232 |
| Dimensions | 234 × 155 × 16 mm · 376 g |