For A Book of Luminous Things Nobel laureate poet Czeslaw Milosz
has selected 300 of the world's greatest poems written throughout
the ages, poems memorable for how they render the realities of the
world palpable and immediate. They are organized under eleven
headings - including "Epiphany, " "Nature, " "The Secret of a
Thing, " "Travel, " "Places, " and "The Moment." In addition to his
introduction, Milosz contributes brief, penetrating commentary on
each poet. Among the poets included are Elizabeth Bishop William
Blake, Joseph Brodsky, Constantinos Cavafy, Emily Dickinson, Robert
Frost, Allen Ginsberg, Linda Gregg, Seamus Heaney, Zbigniew
Herbert, Jane Hirshfield, Robinson Jeffers, D. H. Lawrence, Denise
Levertov, Philip Levine, Li Po, Antonio Machado, Thomas Merton, W.
S. Merwin, Sharon Olds, Mary Oliver, Po Chu-I, Rainer Maria Rilke,
Theodore Roethke, Charles Simic, Gary Snyder, Wallace Stevens, May
Swenson, Anna Swir, Wislawa Szymborska, Tu Fu, Wang Wei, Walt
Whitman, and William Carlos Williams.
General
Imprint: |
Ecco Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 1998 |
First published: |
April 1998 |
Authors: |
Czeslaw Milosz
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Dimensions: |
230 x 154 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
320 |
Edition: |
1st Harvest ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-15-600574-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-15-600574-3 |
Barcode: |
9780156005746 |
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