Selected poems
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Author
Contributions
- Faggen, Robert. - Contributor
Publication
1997 - Penguin Books, New York, N.Y., U.S.A, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
45,500 words, Guess
Page Count
182 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL667968M
- ISBN-100140189882
- OCLC Control Number36783732
- OCLC Control Numberselectedpoems00robi_0
- Library of Congress Control Number97013727
and 2 more
- LibraryThing161696
- Goodreads981823
Classifications
- DDC811/.52
- LCCPS3535.O25 A6 1997
Description
Edwin Arlington Robinson's finely crafted, formal rhythms mirror the tension the poet sees between life's immutable circumstances and humanity's often tragic attempts to exert control. At once dramatic and witty, his poems lay bare the loneliness and despair of life in genteel small towns, the tyranny of love, and unspoken, unnoticed suffering. The fictional characters he created in "Reuben Bright," "Miniver Cheevy," and "Richard Cory," and the historical figures he brought to life - Lincoln in "The Master" and the great painter in "Rembrandt to Rembrandt" - harbor demons and passions the world treats with indifference or cruelty. With an introduction that sheds light on Robinson's influence on poets from Eliot and Pound to Frost and Berryman, this collection brings an unjustly neglected poet to a new generation of readers.
Series Statement
- Penguin twentieth-century classics
Other Editions
- Selected poems
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