| Travels: Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize Contributor(s): Merwin, W. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679752773 ISBN-13: 9780679752776 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1994 Annotation: Merwin is a major figure in our poetry, one of the few. His first book of verse in five years is an event. It is a very full selection with many sides: brief lyrics and long narratives, all of them marked by a moving and profound sense of the natural world and the presence in it of living creatures. Merwin's language is entirely his own, and his control of it and of the construction of his poems makes for breathtaking work of enduring quality. The narratives are a departure for this poet, dealing as they do with historical figures: "Rimbaud's Piano" is an extended meditation on the poet; others deal with naturalists such as William Bartram, Georg Eberhard Rumpf ("The Blind Seer of Ambon"), and David Douglas; and in "The Real World of Manuel Cordova" he tells a story almost as enthralling as Conrad's Heart of Darkness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.02" W x 9.25" (0.70 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "In Travels, one of the most beautiful and moving collections of poetry of his career, W. S. Merwin displays his narrative gifts to provide us with a book of deep historical resonance and luminous poetic grace...With each new book we have been reminded why, for forty years, he has remained a pivotal figure in the literary life of this country... he] continues to earn his place as one of our most influential and compelling contemporary poets." --David St. John, Los Angeles Times Book Review |