A Century of Sonnets: Signed Limited Deluxe Edition - Hardcover

Michener, James A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1880510510 ISBN 13: 9781880510513

Publisher: State House Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Ever since his childhood, 90-year old prose writer James A. Michener has had a passion for poetry. Although several poems have appeared in his novels such as Caribbean and Journey, and although he has often written about the great importance and influence of poets and poetry in his own life, his millions of readers have never before been made aware that Michener, too, has been writing poetry since his student days. Over the past few years, this brilliant author has taken the time to polish his poetry, dating back to his first sonnet written seventy years ago. This volume of his collected poetic works, all but a few never before published, will both astound and delight Michener fans. Through his poetry he discusses aspects of his life with a soul-searching intensity and frankness that he has never before expressed in his writings. His poems are more autobiographical than even his autobiography.

In deference to his love for the classical sonnets of Shakespere, Keats and Wordsworth, Michener composes primarily in the sonnet form with fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. Enhanced by poems in other forms, here in A Century of Sonnets are approximately one hundred of Michener's charming sonnets.

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"A Century of Sonnets is a poetic voice as strong and clear as any Michener essay or novel." -- Wisconsin Bookwatch

James A. Michener is best known for his superlative novels. What's not so widely recognized is that he is also an accomplished poet who has been writing poetry for the last 70 of his 90 years. A Century Of Sonnets is his collected poetic works, all but a few never before published. Through his poetry Michener discusses aspects of his life with a soul-searching intensity and frankness that he has never before expressed in his writings. His poems are more autobiographical than even his autobiography! Michener composes primarily in the sonnet form with fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. This collection of Michener poetry will be greatly treasured by his fans, and is an essential addition to literary criticism reference libraries on Michener and his writings. A Century of Sonnets is a poetic voice as strong and clear as any Michener essay or novel. -- Midwest Book Review

Edition details

• Publisher: State House Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1880510510
• ISBN 13: 9781880510513
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 260