Catbird's Song

Wilbur, and Wilbur, Richard (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0151002541 / ISBN 13: 9780151002542

Edité par Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY, 1997

A propos de cet article

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. 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. Fine in very good dust jacket. like new in a very goos jacket with Light shelfwear, No ownership marks, First Printing.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Catbird's Song
• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0151002541
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780151002542
• Reliure: Hard cover
• Édition: First edition.
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

Presents a collection of essays, including appreciations of great writers past and present, comments on the author's own work, and thoughts on the art of translation.