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18313916 |
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FlFlSLA |
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20150718161630.0 |
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140924s2015 nyuaf b 001 0beng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2014029325 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780375413339 (hbk.) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0375413332 (hbk.) |
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| Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
9780385353083 (ebook) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)891427637 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
FlFlSLA |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PS3525.E6645 |
| Item number |
Z674 2015 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
811/.54 |
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B |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hammer, Langdon, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1958- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
James Merrill : |
| Remainder of title |
life and art / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Langdon Hammer. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Alfred A. Knopf, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxiv, 913 p., [32] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"A Borzoi book." |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"The first biography of one of the most important poets in the second half of the twentieth century, whose life story is unparalleled in its narrative interest. The story of James Merrill (1926-1995) is that of a young man escaping, but inevitably reproducing, the energies and obsessions of glamorous, powerful parents (his father founded Merrill Lynch); of a gay man inventing his identity against a shifting social and sexual backdrop; and of a brilliantly gifted poet testing the redemptive potential of his art. We see how Merrill, freed from having to work for a living, made his life itself a kind of work. After Amherst and a period of adventure in Italy, he returned to the New York art world of the 1950s (he met W. H. Auden, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Larry Rivers) and began publishing his poems, novels, and plays. In 1953, he fell in love with budding writer David Jackson, who remained his companion for forty years while they explored 'boys and bars' in Greece and elsewhere. At the same time, they were talking to the spirits of the otherworld using a Ouija board, which became an improbable source of poetic inspiration for Merrill. In his many collections of poetry and the candid letters and diaries that enrich every page of this deliciously readable life, Merrill created a prismatic art of multiple perspectives. Holding that life and art together in a complex, evolving whole, Langdon Hammer illuminates Merrill’s 'chronicles of love & loss' and the remarkable personal journey they record."--Provided by publisher. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Merrill, James, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1926-1995. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Poets, American |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Gay authors |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Gay men |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type |
Book |
