The Collected Poems of W. S. Merwin: A Library of America

The Collected Poems of W. S. Merwin: A Library of America Boxed Set
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Oracular and elegant, W. S. Merwinâ€™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 decadesâ€” from his brilliant emergence as the winner of the Yale Younger Poetsâ€™ Prize in 1952 to his recent term as U.S. Poet Laureateâ€”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. Now, with this two-volume edition, Merwin becomes only the second living poet to have his work collected by The Library of America. Here are such landmark books as his debut volume A Mask for Janus (1952), which shows the young poet engaged in a fruitful dialogue with Auden and Berryman; The Lice (1967), with its impassioned political poems about the Vietnam War and ecological catastrophe; The Vixen (1996), which offers vivid recollections of southwestern France; the epic verse novel The Folding Cliffs (2008), set in nineteenth-century Hawaii; and The Shadow of Sirius (2008), with its â€œlate poems / that are made of words / that have come the whole way / they have been there.â€

LIBRARY OF AMERICAÂ is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nationâ€™s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americaâ€™s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-05-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781598532074

Country	USA
Brand	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-05-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781598532074

The Collected Poems of W. S. Merwin: A Library of America Boxed Set

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