The first definitive biography of American poet Anthony Hecht. Anthony Hecht 1923-2004 was one of America s greatest poets winner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely recognised as a master of formal verse that drew on wide-ranging cultural and literary sources as w... Lees meer.
In his centenary year this volume of the Pulitzer Prize winner and former poet laureate s poems celebrates the indispensable artistry of a writer who faced the history of his era with a clear-eyed mercy toward human weakness The New York Times Book Review and was h... Lees meer.
The New York Times Book Review Editors Choice In his centenary year this volume of the Pulitzer Prize winner and former poet laureate s poems celebrates the indispensable artistry of a writer who faced the history of his era with a clear-eyed mercy toward human we... Lees meer.
True Friendship looks closely at three outstanding poets of the past half-century Geoffrey Hill Anthony Hecht and Robert Lowell through the lens of their relation to their two predecessors in genius T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. The critical attention then finds itself... Lees meer.
Contains a collaboration with the illustrator entitled Presumptions of Death accompanied by twenty-two wood engravings along with all of the acclaimed poet s other work since his last book The Transparent Man published in 1990.... Lees meer.
A Part of Speech contains poems from the years 1965-1978 translated by various hands. Like the Auden who was no less than Lowell his champion Brodsky is a master of traditional forms. - The New York Times Book Review... Lees meer.
The New York Times Book Review Editors Choice In his centenary year this volume of the Pulitzer Prize winner and former poet laureate s poems celebrates the indispensable artistry of a writer who faced the history of his era with a clear-eyed mercy toward human we... Lees meer.
Anthony Hecht now in his eightieth year has earned a place alongside such poets as W. H. Auden Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop. Here under one cover are his three most recent collections The Transparent Man Flight Among the Tombs and The Darkness and the Light.... Lees meer.
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In this study - the fruit of a lifelong critical and imaginative engagement with W H. Auden s works - Anthony Hecht identifies and traces consistent habits of thought and belief within the poet s extensive and varied writings and through his celebrated conversions and r... Lees meer.
THE VENETIAN VESPERS 1979 In its clear-eyed mercy toward human weakness Anthony Hecht s poetry goes from strength to strength. The Venetian Vespers is at once an intense corroboration and an ample extension of his subtle supple talents. Nothing humane is alien to h... Lees meer.
Ranked among such twentieth-century luminaries as Henry James and Marcel Proust by critic Harold Bloom the poet presents the culmination of his progress over half a century a poignant and ironic meditation illustrated with drawings. Reprint.... Lees meer.
Spanning seven decades these often intimate brilliantly astute letters by the eminent poet Anthony Hecht reflect a body of work that influenced the history of twentieth-century American poetry. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anthony Hecht 1923 2004 was known not only f... Lees meer.
A magisterial exploration of poetry s place in the fine arts by one of the twentieth century s leading poetsIn this book eminent poet Anthony Hecht explores the art of poetry and its relationship to the other fine arts. While the problems he treats entail both philosop... Lees meer.
