| Christmas Poems Contributor(s): Hayes, Albert M. (Editor), Laughlin, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0811218082 ISBN-13: 9780811218085 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: "Christmas Poems" is a pleasing and diverse selection of classic holiday poems that goes all the way back to an eclogue of Virgil; moves along to Chaucer, Dante, and Milton; right up to William Carlos Williams, e.e. Cummings, and Thomas Merton. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious |
| Dewey: 808.819 |
| LCCN: 2008036013 |
| Series: New Directions Books |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 4.06" W x 6.01" (0.18 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Christmas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Christmas Poems is a pleasing and diverse selection of classic holiday poems that goes all the way back to an eclogue of Virgil, moves along to a wide range of authors such as Chaucer, Herbert, Longfellow, Dickinson, Paul Dunbar, Rilke, Yeats, William Carlos Williams, Robert Frost, E. E. Cummings, Kenneth Patchen, Thomas Merton, Wallace Stevens, Marie Ponsot, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Frank O'Hara, Denise Levertov, and Bernadette Mayer. Beautifully designed, this New Directions gem (originally published in the 1940s and reissued in the 1970s) rings with the deep sentiments of the season and just the right splash of holiday cheer. Christmas Poems comes with French flaps and is the perfect size for a stocking stuffer. Christmas Poems was originally edited by Albert M. Hayes and New Directions founder and publisher James Laughlin as A Wreath of Christmas Poems, and published as part of the Poets of the Year series in 1942. The collection was updated and revised in 1972, and selections for this newly revised 2008 edition have been chosen by the editorial staff at New Directions. |
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. |