Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018
2. Yenser, Stephen
3. Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). Collections, repository. poe

Description

1. xvi, 298 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

1. James Merrill himself once called his body of work "chronicles of love and loss," and in twenty books written over four decades he used the details of his own life--comic and haunting, exotic and domestic--to shape a portrait that in turn mirrored the image of our world and our moment.

Uniform title

1. Poems. Selections

Alternative title

1. Poems.

Subject

1. 1900-1999
2. Poetry
3. American poetry

Genre/Form

1. Poetry.

Contents

1. From First poems, 1951 -- from The country of a thousand years of peace, 1959 -- from Water Street, 1962 -- from Nights and days, 1966 -- from The first screen, 1969 -- from Braving the elements, 1972 -- from Divine comedies, 1976 -- from The changing light at Sandover, 1982 -- from Late settings, 1985 -- from The Inner Room, 1988 -- from A scattering of salts, 1995 -- from Collected poems, 2001.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-296) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain