Catbird's Song: Prose Pieces, 1963-1995
by WILBUR, Richard
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0151002541
- ISBN 13
- 9780151002542
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Synopsis
The Catbird's Song is a selection of prose pieces, on a variety of topics, by one of the most distinguished poets and translators of our times, Richard Wilbur. These lectures, letters, reviews, addresses, prefaces, and interviews-what Wilbur calls the "prose by-products of a poet's life"-not only reveal the ideas and concerns that inform his remarkable oeuvre but also offer fresh takes on the works and lives of poets we thought we knew, poets we ought to know, and much more. Here, then, are his appreciations of Poe, Milton, Tennyson, and Longfellow; paeans to his contemporaries Elizabeth Bishop, Mae Swenson, and John Ciardi; an introduction to the work of the neglected poet Witter Bynner; his comments on some of his own poems; and thoughts on the art of translation. Throughout all, Wilbur's voice resonates with clarity, reason, and authority.
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- Bookseller
- Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30555
- Title
- Catbird's Song: Prose Pieces, 1963-1995
- Author
- WILBUR, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0151002541
- ISBN 13
- 9780151002542
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0151002541, Literary Criticism,
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