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In this, his first book, Alan Shapiro vividly recreates some of the more memorable and poignant moments from his Jewish-American childhood, and in the process reveals his compassionate interest in the forgotten, the alienated, and the infirm. "The Courtesy" is an intelligent, reflective examination of the poet's own psychological history.
""The Courtesy" is really an admirable book: it shows up the unreality of a lot of the other poetry one reads, dealing honestly and with that perversity which is a sign of thoughfulness, with the slight but heavy matter of our everyday defeats."--Michael Hoffman, "Poetry Nation Review"
ISBN: 9780226750279
ISBN-10: 0226750272
Series: Phoenix Poets
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 72
Published: 1st January 1983
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 27.8 x 15.4
x 0.64
Weight (kg): 0.2
