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100 Essential Modern Poems
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Description for 100 Essential Modern Poems
Hardback. Inspired and inspirational, worldly wise, deeply felt, and often delightfully funny, here in one compact volume are 100 of the greatest poems written in English over the last century, memorable masterpieces that everyone should know and enjoy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 684.
Inspired and inspirational, worldly wise, deeply felt, and often delightfully funny—here in one compact volume are 100 of the greatest poems written in English over the last century, memorable masterpieces that everyone should know and enjoy. Selected and introduced by Joseph Parisi, former longtime editor of Poetry magazine, this brilliant collection brings together the greatest poems by all the classic authors, along with the choicest works by today's most accomplished artists in America and abroad. From W. H. Auden and T. S. Eliot to John Ashbery and A. R. Ammons; Elizabeth Bishop and Marianne Moore to Sylvia Plath and Mary ... Read more
Inspired and inspirational, worldly wise, deeply felt, and often delightfully funny—here in one compact volume are 100 of the greatest poems written in English over the last century, memorable masterpieces that everyone should know and enjoy. Selected and introduced by Joseph Parisi, former longtime editor of Poetry magazine, this brilliant collection brings together the greatest poems by all the classic authors, along with the choicest works by today's most accomplished artists in America and abroad. From W. H. Auden and T. S. Eliot to John Ashbery and A. R. Ammons; Elizabeth Bishop and Marianne Moore to Sylvia Plath and Mary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566636124
SKU
V9781566636124
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About
Joseph Parisi edited Poetry magazine from 1983 to 2003. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and is a By-Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. His most recent books include Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters and The Poetry Anthology, both co-edited with Stephen Young. Mr. Parisi lives in Chicago.
Reviews for 100 Essential Modern Poems
Useful to those new to the genre, as well as to readers looking for a single portable volume.
Sheila Janega
School Library Journal
Invaluable....generous in its selection of poems and extraordinarily generous in providing the information necessary to enter the world of those poems.
James Matthew Wilson
Contemporary Poetry Review
The most valuable aspect ... Read more
Sheila Janega
School Library Journal
Invaluable....generous in its selection of poems and extraordinarily generous in providing the information necessary to enter the world of those poems.
James Matthew Wilson
Contemporary Poetry Review
The most valuable aspect ... Read more