Bye-and-bye : selected late poems /
Wright, Charles, 1935-
Bye-and-bye : selected late poems / Charles Wright. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. - 367 p. ; 22 cm
"Over the course of nineteen collections of poems, Charles Wright has built 'one of the truly distinctive bodies of poetry created in the second half of the twentieth century'"(David Young, Contemporary Poets). Bye-and-Bye, which brings together selections from Wright's more recent work--including the entirety of Littlefoot, Wright's moving, book-length meditation on mortality--showcases the themes and images that have defined his mature work: the true affinity between writer and subject, human and nature; the tenuous relationship between description and actuality; and the search for a truth that transcends change and death. Bye-and-Bye is a wonderful introduction to the late work of one of America's finest and best-loved poets"--Provided by publisher. "A selection of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's best mature work"--Provided by publisher.
9780374117580 0374117586 9780374533175
2010054246
American poetry--20th century.
PS3573.R52 / B94 2011
811/.54
Bye-and-bye : selected late poems / Charles Wright. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. - 367 p. ; 22 cm
"Over the course of nineteen collections of poems, Charles Wright has built 'one of the truly distinctive bodies of poetry created in the second half of the twentieth century'"(David Young, Contemporary Poets). Bye-and-Bye, which brings together selections from Wright's more recent work--including the entirety of Littlefoot, Wright's moving, book-length meditation on mortality--showcases the themes and images that have defined his mature work: the true affinity between writer and subject, human and nature; the tenuous relationship between description and actuality; and the search for a truth that transcends change and death. Bye-and-Bye is a wonderful introduction to the late work of one of America's finest and best-loved poets"--Provided by publisher. "A selection of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's best mature work"--Provided by publisher.
9780374117580 0374117586 9780374533175
2010054246
American poetry--20th century.
PS3573.R52 / B94 2011
811/.54