| The Selected Poems Expanded Edition Contributor(s): Ammons, A. R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393303969 ISBN-13: 9780393303964 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1987 Annotation: A.R. Ammons's new selection of his work once again, as the critic Harold Bloom wrote of the earlier edition, 'makes available the very best of him.' To the 'visions of clarity and terror' in that volume the poet now adds the most important poems from his three books published since. The resulting collection is the essential starting place for new readers, the quarry for those familiar with his work. Among the new poems is 'Easter Morning.' which the critic Helen Vendler called 'a classic poem, a revelation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.48" W x 8.26" (0.38 lbs) 132 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To the visions of clarity and terror in that volume the poet now adds the most important poems from his three books published since. The resulting collection is the essential starting place for new readers, the quarry for those familiar with his work. Among the new poems is Easter Morning, which the critic Helen Vendler called a classic poem . . . a revelation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ammons, A. R.: - A. R. Ammons's (1926-2001) was a two-time winner of the National Book Award and the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award. His many additional honors include the Academy of American Poets' Wallace Stevens Award, the Bollingen Prize, the Poetry Society of America's Robert Frost Medal, the Ruth Lilly Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations. |