THE FATE OF AMERICAN POETRY

Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1991. First edition. Fine in fine jacket.. Handsome first printing of this investigation of US poetry's imminent doom, an association copy inscribed by the author to poet Stanley Plumly (to whom Holden devotes several pages), and with Plumly's own critical annotations ("nonsense") throughout. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original violet cloth. In original grey dust jacket. Grey endpapers. 152 pages. Inscribed by Holden on half-title page: "For Deborah and Stanley, with utmost admiration and affection, / Jonathan Holden / 9 July 1992 / Montpelier, Vermont." Additionally signed by Holden on title page. Annotations in pen by Plumly throughout. Minor edgewear.