Selected Poems Paperback / softback
by Robert Pinsky
Paperback / softback
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Intense verbal music with a jazz feeling; invention against the grain of expectation; intelligence racing among materials with the variety of a busy street - these have been the qualities of Robert Pinsky's work since his first book, "Sadness and Happiness" (1975), celebrated for setting a new direction in American poetry.
At that time, responding to a question about that book, Pinsky said: "I would like to write a poetry which could contain every kind of thing, while keeping all the excitement of poetry".
That ambition was realized in a new way with each of his books, including the book-length personal monologue "An Explanation of America"; the transformed autobiography of "History of My Heart"; the bestselling translation "The Inferno of Dante"; and, most recently, the savage, inventive "Gulf Music".
This volume contains a selection of poems from Pinsky's career to demonstrate that variety and renewal with fresh clarity.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
- Publication Date:27/03/2012
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- ISBN:9780374533168
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
- Publication Date:27/03/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780374533168