Collected Poems 1917 To 1982 - Softcover

MacLeish, Archibald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395395690 ISBN 13: 9780395395691

Publisher: Ecco, 1985

Synopsis

This expanded volume of the distinguished poet's work contains 29 previously uncollected poems, some that had been published, and some found in manuscript after MacLeish's death in 1982. This is the definitive volume produced by a life that filled several careers as writer, teacher, and public servant, but was devoted above all to poetry.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This expanded volume of the distinguished poet's work contains twenty-nine previously uncollected poems, some that had been published and some found in manuscript after MacLeish's death in 1982.

About the Author:

Archibald MacLeish was born in Glencoe, Illinois in 1892. He attended Yale University and served in World War I. Later, he went to Harvard Law School and practiced law in Boston for a few years until he gave it up and moved to Paris with his wife and children to devote all his time to writing poetry. He returned to the United States to research the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and the result, CONQUISTADOR (1932), won him a Pulitzer Prize. From 1920-1939, he was a member of the editorial board of FORTUNE magazine and he served as Librarian of Congress from 1929 to 1944. MacLeish's COLLECTED POEMS (1952) won a Pulitzer Prize and his poetic drama, J.B. based on the Book of Job, was a Broadway success in 1957.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0395395690
• ISBN 13: 9780395395691
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544