W.S. Merwin: Collected Poems 1996-2011 (LOA #241) (Library of

W.S. Merwin: Collected Poems 1996-2011 (LOA #241) (Library of America W. S. Merwin Edition)

Here is the second volume in a definitive, career-spanning two-volume edition of the poems of the former U.S. Poet Laureate, which is also available as a deluxe boxed set, The Collected Poems of W. S. Merwin (described below).

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 AMERICA 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
Author	W. S. Merwin
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Library of America
EAN	9781598532098
Edition	First Edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	159853209X
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	750
PublicationDate	2013-05-16
Publisher	Library of America
ReleaseDate	2013-05-16
Studio	Library of America

W.S. Merwin: Collected Poems 1996-2011 (LOA #241) (Library of America W. S. Merwin Edition)

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