Collected Poems Of Kenneth Patchen (New Directions Books)

Patchen, Kenneth

ISBN 10: 0811201406 / ISBN 13: 9780811201407

Published by New Directions, 1968

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Title: Collected Poems Of Kenneth Patchen (New ...

Publisher: New Directions

Publication Date: 1968

Binding: paperback

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

A selection of well-known and rare poems from the great experimental poet.

From the appearance in 1936 of Kenneth Patchen’s first book, the voice of this great poet has been protesting war and social injustice, satirizing the demeaning and barbarous inanities of our culture―entrancing us with an inexhaustible flow of humor and fantasy. With directness and simplicity, he has restored the exaltation of romantic love to its ancient bardic place beside an awareness of God’s living presence among all men.

For this collection, assembled in his fifty-fourth year, Kenneth Patchen has drawn from the contents of twelve of his books. It provides the reader in many cases with the texts of poems no longer available even in rare editions.

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From the appearance in 1936 of Kenneth Patchen's first book, the voice of this great poet has been protesting war and social injustice, satirizing the demeaning and barbarous inanities of our culture--entrancing us with an inexhaustible flow of humor and fantasy.