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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Collected Poems 1943-2004by Richard Wilbur
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Over the course of his distinguished sixty-year career, Richard Wilbur has written seventeen collections of poetry, four children's books, and numerous works in prose and translations. This comprehensive collection presents Wilbur's poems, including several new and never before published.
In trackless woods, it puzzled me to find Four great rock maples seemingly aligned, As if they had been set out in a row Before some house a century ago, To edge the property and lend some shade. I looked to see if ancient wheels had made Old ruts to which the trees ran parallel, But there were none, so far as I could tell- There'd been no roadway. Nor could I find the square Depression of a cellar anywhere, And so I tramped on further, to survey Amazing patterns in a hornbeam spray Or spirals in a pine cone, under trees Not subject to our stiff geometries. -from "In Trackless Woods" Review:"During the early 1950s, no young poet was more admired, nor more imitated, than Wilbur: his elegant stanzas and courteous artifice, devoted to 'wit and wakefulness,' modest ironies and 'small strict shape,' fit the careful, even chastised, postwar mood. Five decades and eight books later, Wilbur shows undiminished — and still acknowledged — powers: New Formalists and devotees of Robert Frost find Wilbur a favorite modern model, while readers with broader tastes nevertheless cherish his new excellence in old modes. This expansive and definitive volume (supplanting his Pulitzer Prize — winning 1987 New and Collected Poems) incorporates his strong 2000 book Mayflies, along with 13 new poems which (like Mayflies) alternate nostalgic affection with learned humor: a Frostian lyric set in Key West considers 'houses built on sand' which nevertheless 'glow like the settings of some noble play.' The poet's 1960s and 1970s writings (especially The Mind-Reader) seem here overdue for revival, while his meticulous translations (from Latin, French, Russian and Spanish) comprise a too-often-neglected part of the whole. Wilbur has also won acclaim as a translator of verse plays, a writer of verse for children, and a Broadway lyricist; a brief appendix holds 'show lyrics' from Candide (1956), and a much longer one collects his five children's books, among them Opposites (1973) and More Opposites (1991): 'The opposite of fast is loose,/ And if you doubt it you're a goose.'" Publishers Weekly (Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"[H]is syntax always remains clear, his voice gentlemanly, his verse-music as sparkling and elegant as a Mozart piano sonata played by Mitsuko Ushida.
You should already be familiar with Richard Wilbur's work — and if you're not, then you know what present to ask for this holiday season." The Washington Post's Book World Review:"Technically, Wilbur...is the premier American master of formal verse. His knowledge has expanded with his life, and his wit has grown in humor while mellowing linguistically; he now rewards careful reading more than he demands it....He's indispensable. Ray Olson, Booklist Synopsis:This comprehensive collection presents new and never published poems by Richard Wilbur, author of 17 poetry collections, four children's books, and numerous works in prose and translations.
About the AuthorRichard Wilbur has served as poet laureate of the United States, and his many other honors include the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize (twice), and the Bollinger Translation Prize. Wilbur lives in Cummington, Massachusetts, and Key West, Florida. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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