Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Alegría, Fernando, 1918-2005
2. Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
3. Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
4. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
5. Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997
6. Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
7. Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019
8. Rachal, Patricia, 1952-
9. Williams, Miller
10. Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963
11. Ford, David, 1934-
12. New Directions Publishing, publisher
13. Murray Printing Company, printer
14. James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints

Description

1. ix, 149 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

1. The Chilean poet Nicanor Parra is one of those significant figures who appear from time to time in all literature and through a profound originality and sense of the Pound/Confucius principle of "Make It New" revitalize the poetry of their language. Just as the Imagists and William Carlos Williams rechanneled the course of American poetry, so Parra's "antipoems," with their directness of metaphor and rejection of rhetoric and "poetic" decoration, are influencing poets throughout Latin America. "Anti-poetry," Parra has said, "seeks to return poetry to its roots." The reader may judge from this collection, which is drawn from all of Parra's published books, how well he has succeeded. -- From publisher's description.

Series statement

1. New Directions paperbook ; NDP242

Uniform title

1. Poems. Selections. English & Spanish

Alternative title

1. Poems.

Subject

1. Poetry
2. Spanish poetry -- Translations into English
3. Spanish poetry

Genre/Form

1. Translations.
2. Poetry.
3. Dust jackets – New York (State) – New York – 1967.

Contents

1. From "Poemas y Antipoemas" (1938-1953). Nineteen-thirty ; Disorder in Heaven ; Self-portrait ; Song ; Ode to some doves ; Puzzle ; Madrigal ; Landscape ; Travel notes ; Letters to an unknown woman ; The pilgrim ; The tunnel ; Memories of youth ; Piano solo ; The viper ; The vices of the modern world ; The tablets ; The trap ; The individual's soliloquy. -- From "Versos de Salon" (1953-1962). Changes of name ; Roller coaster ; In the graveyard ; Clever ideas occur to me ; Love tale ; Journey through Hell ; Death and the maiden ; I move the meeting be adjourned ; Mummies ; Butterfly ; Dreams ; Dog's life ; Poetry ends with me ; Women ; Soda fountain ; Litany of the little bourgeois ; What the deceased had to say about himself ; Funeral address ; The imperfect lover ; The shuffled deck. -- From "Canciones Rusas" (1963-1964). Snow ; Chronos ; Beggar ; Hot cakes ; Rites ; Nobody. -- From "Ejercicios Respiratorios" (1964-1966). Stains on the wall ; Act of independence ; Lonelyhearts ; I call myself a reasonable man ; Thoughts ; In the cemetery ; Young poets ; Pontchartrain causeway ; Test ; Lord's prayer ; I take back everything I've said.

Call number

1. Berg Coll 22-1433

Note

1. Translators: Fernando Alegría, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, James Laughlin, Denise Levertov, Thomas Merton, W.S. Merwin, Patricia Rachal, Miller Williams, William Carlos Williams.
2. "A New Directions book" -- title page.
3. "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.

Indexed in (note)

1. Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin

Additional formats (note)

1. Also issued online.

Language (note)

1. Each poem in Spanish and English on opposite pages.

Binding (note)

1. bound in publishers' red paper over boards with green spine; with original dust jacket designed by David Ford.
2. bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by David Ford.

Author

1. Parra, Nicanor, 1914-2018, author.

Title

1. Poems and antipoems / Nicanor Parra ; edited by Miller Williams.

Publisher

1. New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, [1967]

Copyright date

1. ©1967

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. New Directions paperbook ; NDP242

Additional formats

1. Also issued online.

Indexed in:

1. Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 67

Language

1. Each poem in Spanish and English on opposite pages.

Binding

1. Copy in Berg Coll 22-1433 bound in publishers' red paper over boards with green spine; with original dust jacket designed by David Ford. NN
2. Copy in Berg Coll 22-1434 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by David Ford. NN

Local note

1. Copy in Berg Coll 22-1433, 22-1434 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Added author

1. Alegría, Fernando, 1918-2005, translator.
2. Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, translator.
3. Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, translator.
4. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, translator.
5. Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997, translator.
6. Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968, translator.
7. Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019, translator.
8. Rachal, Patricia, 1952- translator.
9. Williams, Miller, translator.
10. Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963, translator.
11. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
12. Ford, David, 1934- cover designer, bookjacket designer.
13. New Directions Publishing, publisher.
14. Murray Printing Company, printer.
15. Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
16. Javitch, Daniel, donor.
17. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
18. James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Other form:

1. Online version: Parra, Nicanor, 1914- Poems and antipoems. New York, New Directions Pub. Corp., 1967] (OCoLC)576090909

LCCN

1. 67023489

ISBN

1. 0224613960
2. 9780224613965

Research call number

1. Berg Coll 22-1433
2. Berg Coll 22-1434