Books : Yvor Winters: Selected Poems (American Poets Project)
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by: YVOR WINTERS
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.52
EAN: 9781931082501
ISBN: 1931082502
Label: Library of America
Manufacturer: Library of America
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: October 13, 2003
Publisher: Library of America
Release Date: October 09, 2003
Sales Rank: 568608
Studio: Library of America
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As critic and teacher, Yvor Winters was one of the most controversial and influential figures of his time. He criticized the likes of Eliot and Henry James, was called by the chair of his English department 'a disgrace,' and taught such major poets as Robert Pinsky and Philip Levine. As a poet, he created a moving body of work featuring natural and personal subjects and dramatic formal experiments. The American Poets Project presents the largest collection of his work ever published. Selected by celebrated poet Thom Gunn, a friend and former student of Winters, this volume begins with early free verse and culminates in late meditative neoclassical masterpieces.
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Rating:  - Why Poetry?
On the face of it, poetry seems useless and pretentious. The tiny poetry section at Chapters or at Barnes & Nobles probably reflects the general lack of interest in written poetry. And yet poetry _is_ present in our lives. Pop songs are the best example. There certainly is some horrible stuff out there (e.g. "Oh baby, I'm so hot, so hot for you, so hot so hot, yeah!") but there's great verse too: Elenor Rigby (the Beatles, 1966) is a classic , as is The Wall (Pink Floyd, 1979) while Lose Yourself ... Read More
Rating:  - a reintroduction to a great poet
Winters is best known as a critic and as a teacher--he's taught some great poets, and they in turn have taught some great poets... We have a lot to thank Yvor Winters for. But people sometimes forget that Winters was a poet as well. Some of my favorite poems are: "Jose's Country," "October," "Full Moon," "Sleep," "The Passing Night," "The Fable," "The Fall of Leaves," "Moonlight Alert," "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," and "The Journey."
Thom Gunn edited this addition to the great new series ... Read More
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