Collected Earlier Poems - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192828037 ISBN 13: 9780192828033

Publisher: OxfordPoets, 1878

Synopsis

Pulitzer Prize-winner Anthony Hecht has long been regarded as one of the great modern American poets, and is hailed by many as the unofficial `Poet Laureate' of the USA. This volume brings together all the poems contained in The Hard Hours (1967), Millions of Strange Shadows (1977), and The Venetian Vespers (1980), and versions of Joseph Brodsky's early poems, which Hecht was the first to translate. These three distinguished books affirm Hecht's reputation as a technically accomplished poet capable of powerfully expressing deep sentiment and original thought. This book is intended for poetry lovers.

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About the Author

Anthony Hecht (1923-2004) was born in New York. His first book of poems, A Summoning of Stones, appeared in 1954, and his second book, The Hard Hours, won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1968. Millions of Strange Shadows was published in 1977, followed by The Venetian Vespers in 1979. All of these are included here in Collected Earlier Poems (the first in selected forms). His later volumes, The Transparent Man (1990), Flight Among the Tombs (1996), and The Darkness and the Light (2001) are gathered in Collected Later Poems (2003). He was also the author of a study of the poetry of W. H. Auden, The Hidden Law (1993), as well as several collections of critical essays, including Melodies Unheard: Essays on the Mysteries of Poetry (2003). Among other honors, he received the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, the Librex-Guggenheim Eugenio Montale Award, the Wallace Stevens Award, and the Robert Frost Medal. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Review

To A Madonna
Heureux Qui, Comme Ulysse, A Fait Un Beau Voyage
Cape Cod Lullaby
Lagoon
Adam
After The Rain; For W.d. Snodgrass
Alceste In The Wilderness
'and Can Ye Sing Baluloo When The Bairn Greets?'
Apples For Paul Stuttman
Application For A Grant
Apprehensions
As Plato Said
'auguries Of Innocence'
Auspices
An Autumnal
Behold The Lilies Of The Field
Birdwatchers Of America
A Birthday Poem
Black Boy In The Dark
A Cast Of Light; At A Father's Day Picnic
Christmas Is Coming
Clair De Lune
Coming Home; From The Journals Of John Clare
The Cost
A Deep Breath At Dawn
The Deodand
'dichtung Und Wahrheit'; For Cyrus Hoy
Discourse Concerning Temptation
Double Sonnet
The Dover Bitch; A Criticism Of Life
Drinking Song
The End Of The Weekend
Exile; For Joseph Brodsky
The Feast Of Stephen
Fifth Avenue Parade
The Gardens Of The Villa D'este
The Ghost In The Martini
Giant Tortoise
'gladness Of The Best;' For Hays Rockwell
Going The Rounds: A Sort Of Love Poem
Goliardic Song
The Grapes
Green: An Epistle
A Hill
House Sparrows
The Hunt; For Zbigniew Herbert
Imitation
Improvisations On Aesop
'it Out-herods Herod. Pray You, Avoid It'
Japan
Jason
La Condition Botanique
Le Masseur De Ma Soeur
A Letter
Lizards And Snakes
A Lot Of Night Music
The Lull; For Allen Tate
The Man Who Married Magdalene; Variation Theme Louis Simpson
Message From The City
'more Light! More Light!'
The Odds
The Origin Of Centaurs; Frp Dimtri Hadzi
Ostia Antica
An Overview
Peripeteia
Persistences
Pig
A Poem For Julia
Retreat
Rites And Ceremonies: 1. The Room
Rites And Ceremonies: 2. The Fire Sermon
Rites And Ceremonies: 3. The Dream
Rites And Ceremonies: 4. Words For The Day Of Atonement
A Roman Holiday
Rome
Samuel Sewall
Sestina D'inverno
The Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice
The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy
The Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony
The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust
The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride
The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth
The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath
The Short End
Somebody's Life
The Song Of The Flea
Still Life
Swan Dive
Tarantula Or The Dance Of Death
Third Avenue In Sunlight
The Thoughtful Roistered Declines The Gambit
Three Prompters From The Wings
Upon The Death Of George Santayana
The Venetian Vespers
The Venetian Vespers: Introductory Poem; For Helen
A Voice At A Seance
The Vow
An Old Malediction
Invective Against Denise, A Witch
Oedipus At Colonus: Chorus. Praise For Kolonos
Poem Upon The Lisbon Disaster
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Edition details

• Publisher: OxfordPoets
• Publication date: 1878
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192828037
• ISBN 13: 9780192828033
• Binding: Paperback