Collected poems
The volume that brings together, for the first time, the complete works of one of the giants of American poetry
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York
Knopf
2001
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| Ausgabe: | 2. print. |
| Schriftenreihe: | A Borzoi book
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| Zusammenfassung: | The volume that brings together, for the first time, the complete works of one of the giants of American poetry Merrill touched each of his subjects, whether worldly or spiritual, with silvery wit and metrical music. A bracing glass of ouzo, afternoons at the gym with a gay partner, conversations with deceased friends via the Ouija board, a midnight swim -- all were occasions for contemplation and high art Here are all the poems -- from his earliest published collection, The Black Swan and Other Poems (1946), to his posthumous volume, A Scattering of Salts (1995) -- together with many that have never been previously collected |
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| Beschreibung: | XX, 885 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0375411399 037570941X |