Collected poems 1996-2011 / W. S. Merwin ; J.D. McClatchy, editor.
2013
PS3563.E75 A6 2013b (Mapit)
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Title
Collected poems 1996-2011 / W. S. Merwin ; J.D. McClatchy, editor.
Uniform Title
Poems. Selections.
Cover Title
Merwin, Collected poems 1996-2011
ISBN
9781598532098 hardcover
159853209X hardcover
9781598532074 (set)
1598532073 (set)
159853209X hardcover
9781598532074 (set)
1598532073 (set)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Library of America, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
Description
xvii, 679 pages ; 21 cm.
Call Number
PS3563.E75 A6 2013b
Dewey Decimal Classification
811/.54
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 643-667) and index.
Historical Data
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.
Added Author
McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018 editor.
Series
Library of America ; 241.
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Table of Contents
The vixen (1996)
The folding cliffs : a narrative (1998)
The river sound (1999)
The pupil (2001)
Present company (2005)
The shadow of Sirius (2008)
New and uncollected poems 1993-2011
Chronology
Note on the texts
Notes
Index of poem titles and first lines.
The folding cliffs : a narrative (1998)
The river sound (1999)
The pupil (2001)
Present company (2005)
The shadow of Sirius (2008)
New and uncollected poems 1993-2011
Chronology
Note on the texts
Notes
Index of poem titles and first lines.