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Available
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Publication
Port Townsend, Wash. : Copper Canyon Press, c2000.
Description
"The First Four Books of Poems gathers all the poetry from W.S. Merwin's early books, including his celebrated debut, A Mask for Janus, which won the Yale Younger Poets Award in 1952. In these poems, readers can witness the maturation of a commanding poetic voice, one which has profoundly marked American literature in the latter half of the twentieth century."--Jacket.
User reviews
LibraryThing member dasam
There are a number of fine poems in this collection, and Merwin's use of language and his varied subjects are commendable. However, sometimes the language drifts to the needlessly archaic and verbose.
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Local notes
Inscribed to Charlie and Barbara by author
Other editions
The first four books of poems by W. S. Merwin (Paper Book)