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Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich (1960), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 125 pages
Description
A representative selection of poems, culled from the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's published verse, plus thirteen poems appearing in book form for the first time.'[Sandburg's poetry] is independent, honest, direct, lyric, and it endures, clamorous and muted, magical as life itself' (New York Times).Introduction by Mark Van Doren.
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LibraryThing member Daedalus
It's not so much his command of form that attracts me to Sandburg's poetry (he didn't command'em very well), it's his willingness to explore ideas. He's an idea poet. And for that, I'll always read his poetry and like it.
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1960 (collection)
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125 p.; 7.1 inches
ISBN
0156391252 / 9780156391252