{"product_id":"professing-poetry-by-john-wain","title":"Professing Poetry by John Wain","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eProfessing Poetry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eby John Wain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eMacmillan, 1977\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition\u003cbr\u003eSprayed top foredge (burgundy)\u003cbr\u003eHardcover, dustjacket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eminor edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, minor discolouration at top front cover, a little marking to side foredge.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDustjacket shows some wear with tears, chips and small parts missing at front (see photographs)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e“This many-sided book is built around the first nine lectures given by John Wain as Oxford Professor of Poetry.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn themselves, they are essential reading – tough, lively and varied – for anyone interested int eh state of literature today.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut they are not reprinted here baldly and out of context.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSetting them in ‘a continuum of narrative and reflection’.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJohn Wain brilliantly conveys ‘what the Oxford Chair is, what it feels like to take it on, what kind of situations and what kind of people the Professor tends to find himself amongst.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44861094953030,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2727\/7942\/files\/ProfessingPoetry_1.jpg?v=1775875135","url":"https:\/\/www.morgansrarebooks.com\/products\/professing-poetry-by-john-wain","provider":"Morgan's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}