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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Selected Poemsby James Merrill
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:James Merrill himself once called his body of work “chronicles of love and loss,” and in twenty books written over four decades he used the details of his own life—comic and haunting, exotic and domestic—to shape a portrait that in turn mirrored the image of our world and our moment. This volume rings together the best of Merrill—from the domestic rupture of “The Broken Home” to the universal connections of “Lost in Translation”; from the American storyteller of “The Summer People” to the ecologically motivated satirist of “Self-Portrait in a TyvekTM Windbreaker.” Merrill dazzles at every turn, and this balanced and compact selection will be an ideal introduction to the work for both students and general readers, and an instant favorite among his familiars. Log Then when the flame forked like a sudden path I gasped and stumbled, and was less. Density pulsing upward, gauze of ash, Dear light along the way to nothingness, What could be made of you but light, and this? About the AuthorJames Merrill (1926–1995) wrote twelve books of poems, as well as the epic The Changing Light at Sandover. He published two plays, two novels, and a memoir, A Different Person. The recipient of numerous awards for his poetry, including two National Book Awards, the Bollingen Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress, Merrill was also a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Table of ContentsIntroduction From First Poems, 1951 The Black Swan The House From The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace, 1959 The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace The Lovers A Renewal Upon a Second Marriage The Charioteer of Delphi Mirror Marsyas The Doodler Voices From the Other World In the Hall of Mirrors A Dedication From Water Street, 1962 An Urban Convalescence After Greece For Proust Scenes of Childhood Angel Swimming by Night A Tenancy From Nights and Days, 1966 Nightgown The Thousand and Second Night Time Charles on Fire The Broken Home The Current The Mad Scene From The Cupola Days of 1964 From The Fire Screen, 1969 Lorelei The Friend of the Fourth Decade Words for Maria To My Greek Last Words Another August Mornings in a New House Matinées The Summer People From Braving the Elements, 1972 Log After the Fire Days of 1935 18 West 11th Street Willowware Cup From Up and Down Flèche d’or Days of 1971 The Victor Dog Syrinx From Divine Comedies, 1976 The Kimono Lost in Translation Chimes for Yahya Yánnina Verse for Urania The Will From The Changing Light at Sandover, 1982 From The Book of Ephraim From Late Settings, 1985 Grass The Pier: Under Pisces The School Play Page From the Koran Santo Bronze Channel 13 Paul Valéry: Palme After the Ball From The Inner Room, 1988 Little Fallacy Arabian Night The Parnassians Ginger Beef Dead Center Losing the Marbles Investiture at Cecconi’s Farewell Performance Processional From A Scattering of Salts, 1995 A Downward Look Nine Lives Snow Jobs The Instilling My Father’s Irish Setters Vol. XLIV, No. 3 b o d y Pledge Family Week at Oracle Ranch Overdue Pilgrimage to Nova Scotia Self-Portrait in TyvekTM Windbreaker An Upward Look From Collected Poems, 2001 After Cavafy Oranges In the Pink Rhapsody on Czech Themes Christmas Tree Koi Days of 1994 Notes Short Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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