W.S. Merwin was arguably the most influential American poet of the last half-century - an artist who transfigured and reinvigorated the vision of poetry for our time. While he was long viewed in the States as an essential voice in modern American literature, his poetry was unavailable in Britain for over 35 years until Bloodaxe published this edition of his Selected Poems in 2007. This new selection covers over five decades of his poetry, from The Dancing Bears (1954) to Present Company (2005). Most of the book is drawn ...
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W.S. Merwin was arguably the most influential American poet of the last half-century - an artist who transfigured and reinvigorated the vision of poetry for our time. While he was long viewed in the States as an essential voice in modern American literature, his poetry was unavailable in Britain for over 35 years until Bloodaxe published this edition of his Selected Poems in 2007. This new selection covers over five decades of his poetry, from The Dancing Bears (1954) to Present Company (2005). Most of the book is drawn from his major American retrospective, Migration, winner of the 2005 National Book Award for Poetry. It was followed in 2009 by The Shadow of Sirius, which won him a second Pulitzer Prize, and then by The Moon Before Morning (2014) and Garden Time (2016). Merwin's poetry has moved beyond the traditional verse of his early years to revolutionary open forms that engage a vast array of influences and possibilities. As Adrienne Rich wrote of his work: 'I would be shamelessly jealous of this poetry, if I didn't take so much from it into my own life.' His recent poetry is perhaps his most personal, arising from his deeply held beliefs. Merwin is not only profoundly anti-imperialist, pacifist and environmentalist, but also possessed by an intimate feeling for landscape and language and the ways in which land and language interflow. His latest poems are densely imagistic, dream-like, and full of praise for the natural world.
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Add this copy of Selected Poems to cart. $13.61, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Atheneum Books.
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Good Condition. Used good. some Marking. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; ISBN: 0689119704. ISBN/EAN: 9780689119705. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: ABE427010086.
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Good. Size: 9x6x1; Atheneum; New York, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. A Good, black cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and blind stamped lettering on front board, binding sturdy and intact, moderate age spotting/foxing to board and spine buckram, top text block edge stained blue, some scattered foxing to text block edges, slightly cocked, bit of crimping to spine edges, couple of dents to fore-edge, in a Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, few small tears along edges, some sunning to flaps, mild scattered foxing verso panels/flaps, Dust wrapper. Overall, a good and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 276pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Atheneum / Macmillan Publishing Co., 1988; First Printing with full number line; review copy with publisher's promotional material laid-in. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of black cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped ($22.75) dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Used-fine in Fine jacket. 8vo; 276pp. First Edition, as determined by full number line with '1' at the right end. A tiny, faint spot to foredge of textblock and a short sliver-sized scratch mark to top edge, in unclipped dj with barely a hint of edgewear. Essentially appears 'as new' but for the 2 marks to the textblock edges. Laid in are the review and prospectus announcements. Dj now protected in a removable mylar cover.
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Good. in Good-. jacket. Size: 9x6x1; *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* by GOOD/GOOD-. W.S. Merwin on fly page. Approx. 9.5" x 6.5". 276pp. Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers. Small crease to top left of back cover. Greyish/yellow smudges to bottom of spine. Creases to top right of fly page. Once Read Books, cover scan available-just ask, OnceReadBooks comOrders shipped via USPS.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Inscribed by Author(s) First printing, with full number line. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($22.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Very light rubbing to corners. A couple small closed tears and a chip on jacket (as pictured). This book came from the library of poet and literary critic J.D. McClatchy, from his estate in Stonington, Connecticut. This copy has been SIGNED, warmly inscribed, placed, and dated in the month of publication by Merwin to McClatchy ("Sandy") and then-partner Alfred Corn on half-title.
