CAN GRANDE'S CASTLE [INSCRIBED TO WILLIAM LYON PHELPS]
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918. First Book Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 232, [2] pages, [6] ads; VG; bound in quarter red cloth, paper boards. paper labels with black titling to spine and front board; mild fading to spine; slight cocking; Inscribed on the ffep by Amy Lowell to William Lyon Phelps, dated September 19th, 1918.; shelved case 0.
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Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $300
NOTES
Written in "polyphonic prose, a freely rhythmical form of prose that employs characteristic devices of verse other than strict metre...The form was developed in the early 20th century by Amy Lowell, who demonstrated its techniques in her book Can Grande’s Castle (1918)." [Britannica];
William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943) was an American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel. [wikipedia]