Collected poems 1996-2011

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Collected poems 1996-2011 / W.S. Merwin ; J. D. McClatchy, editor.

Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019 (author.). McClatchy, J. D., 1945- (editor.).

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Oracular and elegant, W. S. Merwin's poetry reveals a heightened sense of what is essential to human consciousness: the fragile framing of nature, the mysteries of memory and perception, the inescapable fact of our mortality. In a career spanning seven decades- from his brilliant emergence as the winner of the Yale Younger Poets' Prize in 1952 to his recent term as U.S. Poet Laureate-he has fashioned a poetics unmistakably his own, marked by a stripped-down, unpunctuated style that foregrounds his responsiveness, spiritual insights, and facility with unadorned, elemental language.

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ISBN: 9781598532098 (hdb.)
ISBN: 159853209X (hdb.)
ISBN: 9781598532074 (set)
ISBN: 1598532073 (set)
Physical Description: xvii, 677 pages ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Library of America, [2013]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. 643-667) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: The vixen (1996) -- The folding cliffs : a narrative (1998) -- The river sound (1999) -- The pupil (2001) -- Present company (2005) -- The shadow of Sirius (2008) -- New and uncollected poems 1993-2011 -- Chronology -- Note on the texts -- Notes -- Index of poem titles and first lines.
Biographical or Historical Data:: William Stanley Merwin is an American poet, credited with over fifty books of poetry, translation and prose. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 1980s and 1990s, Merwin's writing influence derived from his interest in Buddhist philosophy and deep ecology. Residing in Hawaii, he writes prolifically and is dedicated to the restoration of the islands' rainforests.

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