Collected poems 1996-2011 / W. S. Merwin ; J.D. McClatchy, editor.

Collected poems 1996-2011 / W. S. Merwin ; J.D. McClatchy, editor.

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Merwin, Collected poems 1996-2011

9781598532098 hardcover
159853209X hardcover
9781598532074 (set)
1598532073 (set)

New York, N.Y. : Library of America, [2013]

©2013

English

xvii, 679 pages ; 21 cm.

PS3563.E75 A6 2013b

811/.54

Oracular and elegant, W. S. Merwin's poetry reveals a heightened sense of what is essential to human consciousness: the fragile framing of nature, the mysteries of memory and perception, the inescapable fact of our mortality. In a career spanning seven decades- from his brilliant emergence as the winner of the Yale Younger Poets' Prize in 1952 to his recent term as U.S. Poet Laureate-he has fashioned a poetics unmistakably his own, marked by a stripped-down, unpunctuated style that foregrounds his responsiveness, spiritual insights, and facility with unadorned, elemental language.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 643-667) and index.

William Stanley Merwin is an American poet, credited with over fifty books of poetry, translation and prose. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 1980s and 1990s, Merwin's writing influence derived from his interest in Buddhist philosophy and deep ecology. Residing in Hawaii, he writes prolifically and is dedicated to the restoration of the islands' rainforests.

Library of America ; 241.

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