Isbn: 9781556592614 - migration: new & selected poems (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Named one of the 100 Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times. Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry Named by O as one of the "20 Books of Poetry Everyone Should Own" "The poems in Migration speak a life-long belief in the power of words to awaken our drowsy souls and see the world with compassionate interconnection."--National Book Award judges' statement "The publication of W. S. Merwin's selected and new poems is one of those landmark events in the literary world."--Los Angeles Times W. S. Merwin is the most influential American poet of the last half-century--an artist who has transfigured and reinvigorated the vision of poetry for our time. Migration: New and Selected Poems is that case. This 540-page distillation--selected by Merwin from fifteen diverse volumes--is a gathering of the best poems from a profound body of work, accented by a selection of distinctive new poems. As an undergraduate at Princeton University, Merwin was advised by John Berryman to "get down on your knees and pray to the muse every day." Migration represents the bounty of those prayers. Over the last fifty years, Merwin's muse has led him beyond the formal verse of his early years to revolutionary open forms that engage a vast array of influences and possibilities. As Adrienne Rich wrote of Merwin's work: "I would be shamelessly jealous of this poetry, if I didn't take so much from it into my own life." W. S. Merwin is the author of over fifty books of poetry, prose, and translation. He lives in Hawaii, where he raises endangered palm trees.…

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. A very good clean copy. A major retrospective gathering poems from across a long career, tracing an evolution from formally structured early work toward spare, open and contemplative verse. The poems explore memory, loss, mortality, nature, time and humanity's relationship with the living world, often finding profound meaning in ordinary moments. Drawn from fifteen earlier collections alongside newer work, the selection reveals recurring concerns with environmental loss, spiritual awareness and the connections between individual experience and the wider natural world.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 570 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - - Front cover will have the National Book Award winner medallion - Back cover will have amazing reviews, including New York Times '100 Notable Books of the Year' citation - W.S. Merwin is one of the most recognizable names in American poetry - two of Copper Canyon's 'Top Ten' best sellers are W.S. Merwin titles: Second Four Books of Poems and Migration - Migration grossed 14,000 units as a $40 hardback - continues Copper Canyon's long-term dedication to bringing W.S. Merwin books back into print.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnW.S. Merwin is one of America s leading poets. His prizes include the 2005 National Book Award for his collected poems, Migration, the Pulitzer Prize, the Stevens Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation .