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The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975


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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780520241589
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0520241584
Label: University of California Press
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 681
Publication Date: October 23, 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Studio: University of California Press

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Product Description:
Offers poems written from the 1940s through the 1970s that reveal the development of the author's style.



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - an innovator
Using simple phrases and a lot of white space, Robert Creeley is a innovator of modern verse that suffuses mystery into the mundune. He is straightforward, spare, uses very few metaphors. He is an absolute master of measure, using the sound of the words and the pauses in between to create beautiful, haunting verse. It is difficult to be cerebral while reading his work, the poetry never explains or describe but is made to be experienced as a bodily phenomenon. It engages a quieter, deeper more subtle ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Robert Creeley will one your eyes
Out of all of my books it is the only one that for over 15 years I have read something from everyday.
I think the sign of a good book is one that you can open randomly and always be turned around by the words before you.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Line Breaks
these poems and the silence surrounding them are uncanny. I know no other word for it. he makes ordinary statements sound interesting because of his uncanny phrasing and subtle line breaks. you can learn more about writing from an hour spent with creeley's work than with just about anyone else, except ashbery.
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