| The Branch Will Not Break: Poems Contributor(s): Wright, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819510181 ISBN-13: 9780819510181 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1963 Annotation: 'These poems are splendidly direct, magnificently simple; sometimes the phrasing is so elegantly obvious that the heart jumps at it.... This is a book which ought to be read at least three times, and then maybe once a month for as long as one lives. The first three readings are essential, if the reader is going to get much from these poems; the seem to make so few demands, they look so obvious, they are so subtle.' -- Hal Smith, Epoch |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 63008858 |
| Series: Wesleyan Poetry Program |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.9" W x 7.8" (0.20 lbs) 59 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A new book of poetry from a Pulitzer Prize-winning master poet These new poems by the author of Saint Judas and The Green Wall embody a sharp break with his earlier work. Their impact is well described by the British critic Michael Hamburger: "He has absorbed the work of modern Spanish and other continental poets and evolved a medium of his own. This medium dispenses with argument and rhetoric, and presents the pure substance of poetry, images which are 'the objective correlatives' of emotion and feeling. It is only in the new collection that Wright has found this wholly distinctive voice." Mr. Wright is well known for his previous books and his contributions to virtually every literary journal of importance. His numerous honors include a Fullbright fellowship, a Kenyon Review fellowship, and many other prizes and awards. |