Selected Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series) - Softcover

Shapiro, Harvey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081952252X ISBN 13: 9780819522528

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Harvey Shapiro's precise, understated lyrics have garnered praise in the US, the UK, and in Israel. His early poems, hailed by The Nation as "some of the best poems of our generation," were notable in part because they gave new form to Jewish immigrant experience. This collection presents the best work from Shapiro's early books, including the classic poems "Battle Report" on World War II and "National Cold Storage Company" on the death of John Kennedy, and a wealth of new poems, more sensual, but no less wry. Shapiro sees life itself as a state of exile, and writes of the spaces where "for a moment, the light holds."

About this title

From the Publisher:

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 trim. LC 97-23557

About the Author:

Harvey Shapiro's many books include How Charlie Shavers Died and Other Poems (Wesleyan, 2001), National Cold Storage Company (Wesleyan, 1988) and Battle Report (Wesleyan, 1966). He is senior editor of the New York Times Magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 081952252X
• ISBN 13: 9780819522528
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104