The Collected Poems (Hardcover, 1st ed)

In the year of his ninety-fifth birthday, a volume celebrating the distinguished career of the new Poet Laureate of the United States.

In 1995, Stanley Kunitz received the National Book Award in Poetry for Passing Through: The Later Poems, New and Selected. The citation for the award read in part: "In his genius, great clarity is joined to great generosity. His work shines with humanity, humor, precision, and passion." Now, combining both early and later poems, including Selected Poems (which won the Pulitzer Prize), Kunitz presents us with the gift of his life's work in poetry.

The early poems, long unavailable in any edition, sound themes that have always engaged Kunitz: life's meaning, the relation of time to eternity, kinship with nature, and loss, most poignantly that of his father. Despite the power of his poems about loss, Kunitz ardently celebrates life. Perpetually curious, eager for fresh revelations, he fully lives up to his own advice to younger poets "to persevere, then explore. Be explorers all your life."

"[P]erhaps the most distinguished living American poet."—The New York Times Book Review

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2001
First published:	October 2000
Authors:	Stanley Kunitz
Dimensions:	244 x 165 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-05030-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	0-393-05030-0
Barcode:	9780393050301

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