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Till I End My Song: A Gathering of Last Poems
Harold Bloom
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Description for Till I End My Song: A Gathering of Last Poems
Paperback. An anthology of the final works of great poets. It curates the last poems of one hundred influential poets. Each of these poems, sometimes the literal end and other times the imagined conclusion to a poetic career, offer a lens through which to contemplate the enduring nature of art and the inevitability of death. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 442.
"By definition, all living poets are excluded from this book. Myself seventy-nine years of age, I grieve still for many of these poets who were my friends. But knowledge, not pathos, is my purpose in gathering this anthology. Lastness is a part of knowing". (Harold Bloom). From Harold Bloom, the foremost literary critic of our time, comes a delightful anthology of the final works of great poets. In "Till I End My Song", Bloom has meticulously curated the last poems of one hundred influential poets. These poems, sometimes the literal end and other times the imagined conclusion to a poetic ... Read more
"By definition, all living poets are excluded from this book. Myself seventy-nine years of age, I grieve still for many of these poets who were my friends. But knowledge, not pathos, is my purpose in gathering this anthology. Lastness is a part of knowing". (Harold Bloom). From Harold Bloom, the foremost literary critic of our time, comes a delightful anthology of the final works of great poets. In "Till I End My Song", Bloom has meticulously curated the last poems of one hundred influential poets. These poems, sometimes the literal end and other times the imagined conclusion to a poetic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780061923067
SKU
V9780061923067
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About Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. His more than thirty books include The Best Poems of the English Language, The Art of Reading Poetry, and The Book of J. He is a MacArthur Prize Fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, ... Read more
Reviews for Till I End My Song: A Gathering of Last Poems
"A collection of surpassing splendor and resonance."
Booklist "[Bloom looks] to poems for clarity about the end of life."
New York Times Book Review
Booklist "[Bloom looks] to poems for clarity about the end of life."
New York Times Book Review