| Garbage Contributor(s): Ammons, A. R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393324117 ISBN-13: 9780393324112 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: "A. R. Ammons's poem with the unforgettable title is a defense of meaning-'this, ' the poet says, 'are awash in ideality.' "Garbage" is an epic of ideas: all life-not that of human beings alone, but every species-is shown to be part of an ultimate reality. Eternity is here and now. The argument ranges widely with a wealth of images taken from science, and the world around us, the writing by turns impassioned and witty. For power of the thought and language, the poem takes its place alongside Whitman's "Song of Myself"-an American classic."-Citation for the 1993 National Book Award for Poetry |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 92042490 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.46" W x 7.94" (0.41 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A. R. Ammons's poem with the unforgettable title is a defense of meaning--'this, ' the poet says, 'are awash in ideality.' Garbage is an epic of ideas: all life--not that of human beings alone, but every species--is shown to be part of an ultimate reality. Eternity is here and now. The argument ranges widely with a wealth of images taken from science, and the world around us, the writing by turns impassioned and witty. For power of the thought and language, the poem takes its place alongside Whitman's Song of Myself--an American classic.--Citation for the 1993 National Book Award for Poetry |
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. |