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Theodore Roethke: Selected Poems (American Poets Project)by Theodore Roethke
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From the recollections of his youth in Michigan to the visionary longings of the poems written just before his death, Theodore Roethke embarked on a quest to restore wholeness to a self that seemed irreparably broken. In the words of editor Edward Hirsch, "he courted the irrational and embraced what is most vulnerable in life." Hirsch's selection and perceptive introduction illuminate the daring and intensity of a poet who, in poems such as "My Papa's Waltz" and "The Lost Son," reached back into the abyss of childhood in an attempt to wrest self-knowledge out of memory. Roethke's true subject was the unfathomable depths of his own being, but his existential investigations were always shaped and disciplined by an exacting formal stringency, as equally at ease with Yeats' vigorous cadence ("Four for Sir John Davies") as with the spacious Whitmanian idiom on display in the virtuoso efforts of The Far Field. This gathering of Roethke's works also includes several of his poems for children, and a generous sampling from his notebook writings, offering a glimpse of the poet at work with the raw materials of language and ideas.
Synopsis:Expansive, dynamic, displaying an electrifying command of language and sound, Theodore Roethke's poems shine with a rich, seductive music. Writing with honesty and wit, grace and the courage to strip away consoling illusions, he explored the depths of his inner life to create a testament to his own mysteries. His poems, suffused with awe and wonder, reveal him as a "worthy successor to Whitman and Emerson," as editor Edward Hirsch writes in his introduction.
Synopsis:The best-selling author of How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry selects and introduces the work of a still-underappreciated 20th century genius.
Synopsis:Editor Edward Hirsch's selection and introduction illuminate the daring and intensity of a poet who, in poems such as "My Papa's Waltz" and "The Lost Son," reached back into the abyss of childhood in an attempt to wrest self-knowledge out of memory. This gathering of Roethke's works also includes several of his poems for children, and a generous sampling from his notebook writings, offering a glimpse of the poet at work with the raw materials of language and ideas.
About the AuthorEdward Hirsch is the author of several books of poetry and criticism, including Lay Back the Darkness and How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry. His many awards include a National Book Critics Circle award and a MacArthur fellowship. He is president of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION
from Open House (1941)
from The Lost Son and Other Poems (1948)
from Praise to the End! (1951)
from The Waking (1953)
from Words for the Wind (1958)
from The Far Field (1964)
POEMS FOR CHILDREN
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