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Max Jacob: A Life in Art and Letters: Available Copies

Large tear to dust jacket.

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.65

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[ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: first ] Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub Date: 1/1/2020 Binding: hardcover Pages: 712 first edition.

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Fine. Cloth, D-j. 2020. Originally published at $45.

Fine. Cloth, D-j. 2020. Originally published at $45.

LIKE NEW!!! Has a red or black remainder mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages.

Hardcover in Dust Jacket with only minor reading wear; edge-wear to top of DJ; book is clean, unmarked. In stock. Ships from MN, USA. Heavy book; orders from outside the United States will require additional shipping charges.

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LIKE NEW!!! Has a red or black remainder mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages.

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712p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket.

First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($45.00 price intact). Published by W.W. Norton & co., 2020. Octavo. Black boards stamped in silver. Book is very good. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light smudges to page ends and a publishers mark on the top page end. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear and tiny creases. 712 pages. ISBN: 9780393078855. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

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Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.59

Like New condition. Great condition, but not exactly fully crisp. The book may have been opened and read, but there are no defects to the book, jacket or pages. 1.59

xviii, 712 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. *** "The first comprehensive biography of Max Jacob, a brilliant cubist poet who lived at the margins of fame. Though less of a household name than his contemporaries in early-twentieth century Paris, Jewish homosexual poet Max Jacob was Pablo Picasso's initiator into French culture, Guillaume Apollinaire's guide out of the haze of symbolism, and Jean Cocteau's loyal friend. As Picasso reinvented painting, Jacob helped to reinvent poetry with compressed, hard-edged prose poems and synapse-skipping verse lyrics. In February 1944, he was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Drancy, where he would die later that year. In Max Jacob, the poet's complex relationships with art, faith, and sexuality play out against the lively backdrop of bohemian Paris from the turn of the twentieth century through the divisions of World War II. A nuanced, deeply researched biography more than thirty years in the making, Max Jacob offers a compelling, tragic portrait of Jacob as a man and as an artist alongside a rich study of his groundbreaking poetry, making for a brilliant contribution to modernist scholarship" - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Preface; Brittany; The gates of the city; Meeting Picasso; Romance; The Bateau Lavoir; Toward cubism; Christ and the druids; Bohemia rising; Art wars; The great war and conversion; The dice cup and the armistice; The struggle for the avant-garde; Saint-Benoit; Jacob the pedagogue; Demonic love; Loves and fevers; The year of crashes; The Hotel Nollet; Saint-Benoit, again; The occupation. Size: 8vo

New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 2.55

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First edition, first printing As new and bright in like illustrated dust jacket with front cover portrait by Modigliani in 1916 with crisp bright text. Beautifully illustrated with vintage photos and art work. Strong praise from Marjorie Perloff. Gift quality

xviii 712 pages, indexed, illustrated. Overseas customers please note the book weighs over a kilo and will attract additional postage."Though less of a household name than his contemporaries in early twentieth century Paris, Jewish homosexual poet Max Jacob was Pablo Picasso's initiator into French culture, Guillaume Apollinaire's guide out of the haze of symbolism, and Jean Cocteau's loyal friend. As Picasso reinvented painting, Jacob helped to reinvent poetry with compressed, hard-edged prose poems and synapse-skipping verse lyrics, the product of a complex amalgamation of Jewish, Breton, Parisian, and Roman Catholic influences. In Max Jacob, the poet's life plays out against the vivid backdrop of bohemian Paris from the turn of the twentieth century through the divisions of World War II. Acclaimed poet Rosanna Warren transports us to Picasso's ramshackle studio in Montmartre, where Cubism was born; introduces the artists gathered at a seedy bar on the left bank, where Max would often hold court; and offers a front-row seat to the artistic squabbles that shaped the Modernist movement. Jacob's complex understanding of faith, art, and sexuality animates this sweeping work. In 1909, he saw a vision of Christ in his shabby room in Montmartre, and in 1915 he converted formally from Judaism to Catholicism-with Picasso as his godfather. In his later years, Jacob split his time between Paris and the monastery of Benoit-sur-Loire. In February 1944, he was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Drancy, where he would die a few days later. More than thirty years in the making, this landmark biography offers a compelling, tragic portrait of Jacob as a man and as an artist alongside a rich study of his groundbreaking poetry-in Warren's own stunning translations. Max Jacob is a nuanced, deeply researched, and essential contribution to Modernist scholarship."

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New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 1.59

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