| The Love Poems of James Laughlin Contributor(s): Laughlin, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811213870 ISBN-13: 9780811213875 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $7.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1998 Annotation: Did the Roman master (Horace, Catullus, Martial, Propertius, Ovid) leave as many excellent poems amongst the whole lot of them, as (James Laughlin) did on his own?" asks Jonathan Williams. Marjorie Perloff has written, "Who else . . . writes such bittersweet, ironic, rueful, erotic, toughminded, witty love poems, poems that run the gamut from ecstasy to loss?" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 97010980 |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 4.26" W x 6.96" (0.10 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As a poet, the late James Laughlin (1914-1997) was perhaps best known for his love lyrics. Marjorie Perloff has written, Who else . . . writes such bittersweet, ironic, rueful, erotic, toughminded, witty love poems, poems that run the gamut from ecstasy to loss? Andrei Codrescu wrote, Under deep cover as Godfather of Modernism, James Laughlin has secretly raised and made himself into the Poetry Chieftain of Sane Eros, the Catullus of fin-de-siecle America. This small paperback edition of his finest love poems is a perfect memorial to one of the twentieth century's most important men of letters. |
Contributor Bio(s): Laughlin, James: - James Laughlin (1914-1997) founded New Directions in 1936 while still a student at Harvard. He wrote and compiled more than a dozen books of poetry as well as stories and essays; seven volumes of his correspondence with his authors are available from W.W. Norton. |