Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018

Description

1. xvii, 679 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

1. Oracular and elegant, W. S. Merwin'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 decades- from his brilliant emergence as the winner of the Yale Younger Poets' Prize in 1952 to his recent term as U.S. Poet Laureate-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.

Series statement

1. The Library of America ; 241.

Uniform title

1. Poems. Selections
2. Library of America ; 241.

Alternative title

1. Poems.
2. Merwin, Collected poems 1996-2011.
3. W.S. Merwin, Collected poems 1996-2011.

Subject

1. American poetry > 20th century
2. Merwin, W. S (William Stanley), 1927-2019 > Chronology
3. American poetry > 21st century

Genre/Form

1. American poetry – 20th century.
2. American poetry – 21st century.

Contents

1. The vixen (1996) -- The folding cliffs : a narrative (1998) -- The river sound (1999) -- The pupil (2001) -- Present company (2005) -- The shadow of Sirius (2008) -- New and uncollected poems 1993-2011 -- Chronology -- Note on the texts -- Notes -- Index of poem titles and first lines.

Call number

1. PS221

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 643-667) and index.

Biography (note)

1. William Stanley Merwin is an American poet, credited with over fifty books of poetry, translation and prose. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 1980s and 1990s, Merwin's writing influence derived from his interest in Buddhist philosophy and deep ecology. Residing in Hawaii, he writes prolifically and is dedicated to the restoration of the islands' rainforests.

Author

1. Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019, author.

Title

1. Collected poems 1996-2011 / W. S. Merwin ; J. D. McClatchy, editor.

Publisher

1. New York, N.Y. : Library of America, [2013]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. The Library of America ; 241.
2. Library of America ; 241.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 643-667) and index.

Biography

1. William Stanley Merwin is an American poet, credited with over fifty books of poetry, translation and prose. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 1980s and 1990s, Merwin's writing influence derived from his interest in Buddhist philosophy and deep ecology. Residing in Hawaii, he writes prolifically and is dedicated to the restoration of the islands' rainforests.

Added author

1. McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018, editor.

Cover title

1. Merwin, Collected poems 1996-2011.

LCCN

1. 2012945849

ISBN

1. 9781598532098 (hdb.)
2. 159853209X (hdb.)
3. 9781598532074 (set)
4. 1598532073 (set)

Research call number

1. *R-RMRR PS221 .A4 v. 241.
2. *R-RMRR PS221 .A4 v. 241