Collected poems, James Merrill / edited by J.D. McClatchy and Stephen Yenser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merrill, James, 1926-1995.

Contributor:

McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018.

Yenser, Stephen.

Standardized Title:

Poems

Language:

English

Physical Description:

xx, 885 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2001.

Summary:

The volume that brings together, for the first time, the complete works of one of the giants of American poetry.

Merrill touched each of his subjects, whether worldly or spiritual, with silvery wit and metrical music. A bracing glass of ouzo, afternoons at the gym with a gay partner, conversations with deceased friends via the Ouija board, a midnight swim -- all were occasions for contemplation and high art.

Here are all the poems -- from his earliest published collection, The Black Swan and Other Poems (1946), to his posthumous volume, A Scattering of Salts (1995) -- together with many that have never been previously collected.

An essential addition to every shelf of 20-century poetry.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

0375411399

037570941X

OCLC:

44174148