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More copies of this ISBNThe Second Four Books of Poemsby W S Merwin
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:W.S. Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He worked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca, and has translated from French, Spanish, Latin and Portugese. He has published more than a dozen volumes of orignal poetry and several volumes of prose. Mr. Merwin has been awarded the Tanning Prize, the Pulitzer and Bollingen prizes, the Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, the Shelley Memorial Award, the Pen Translation Prize, and many other honors. He lives in Haiku, Hawaii. W.S. Merwin's Second Four Books of Poems includes some of the most startlingly original and influential poetry of the second half of this century, a poetry that has moved, as Richard Howard has written, "from preterition to presence to prophecy." Other books by M.S. Merwin available from Consortium: East Window (Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-091-1 The First Four Books of Poems (Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-139-X Flower and Hand (Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-119-5 Book News Annotation:Merwin may well be the best poet in America today, and this volume
collects four of the most important books of poetry in the past
generation: The Lice (1963), The Moving Target (1967), The Carrier of
Ladders (1970--for which Merwin received the Pulitzer Prize), and
Writings to an Unfinished Accompaniment (1973).
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Poetry. W. S. Merwin's SECOND FOUR BOOKS OF POEMS includes some of the most startlingly original and influential poetry of the second half of this century, a poetry that has moved, as Richard Howard has written, "from preterition to presence to prophecy." This work has transfigured and reinvigorated the vision of poetry for our time, and the poet's preface places the work in proper historical - and autobiographical - context. Collects The Moving Target, The Lice, The Carrier of Ladders, and Writings to an Unfinished Accompaniment. Other Merwin titles available from SPD include THE FIRST FOUR BOOKS OF POEMS and FLOWER AND HAND: POEMS 1977-1983. Table of ContentsThe moving target — The lice — The carrier of ladders — Writings to an unfinished accompaniment. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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