Collected Later Poems.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hecht, Anthony

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.

Summary:

Anthony Hecht, now in his eightieth year, has earned a place alongside such poets as W.H.Auden, Robert Frost, and Elizabeth Bishop.Here under one cover are his three most recent collections- The Transparent Man, Flight Among the Tombs, and The Darkness and the Light.

Contents:

Intro

Other Books By This Author

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Part 1 - The Transparent Man

Chapter 1 - I

Chapter 2 - II

Chapter 3 - III

Chapter 4 - IV

Chapter 5 - V

Part 2 - Flight Among the Tombs

Chapter 6 - I The Presumptions of Death

Chapter 7 - II Proust on Skates

Part 3 - The Darkness and the Light

Chapter 8 - Late Afternoon: The Onslaught of Love

Chapter 9 - Circles

Chapter 10 - Memory

Chapter 11 - Mirror

Chapter 12 - Samson

Chapter 13 - An Orphic Calling

Chapter 14 - Rara Avis in Terris

Chapter 15 - A Fall

Chapter 16 - Haman

Chapter 17 - A Certain Slant

Chapter 18 - A Brief Account of our City

Chapter 19 - Saul and David

Chapter 20 - Despair

Chapter 21 - The Hanging Gardens of Tyburn

Chapter 22 - Judith

Chapter 23 - Illumination

Chapter 24 - Look Deep

Chapter 25 - Nocturne: A Recurring Dream

Chapter 26 - Lot's Wife

Chapter 27 - Public Gardens

Chapter 28 - Sacrifice

Chapter 29 - The Witch of Endor

Chapter 30 - Indolence

Chapter 31 - The Ashen Light of Dawn

Chapter 32 - The Plastic and the Poetic Form

Chapter 33 - The Bequest

Chapter 34 - Once More, with Feeling

Chapter 35 - Le Jet D'eau

Chapter 36 - Taking Charge

Chapter 37 - A Symposium

Chapter 38 - A Special Occasion

Chapter 39 - A Prayer to Twin Divinities

Chapter 40 - Miriam

Chapter 41 - Witness

Chapter 42 - Lapidary Inscription with Explanatory Note

Chapter 43 - Long Distance Vision

Chapter 44 - Secrets

Chapter 45 - Poppy

Chapter 46 - The Ceremony of Innocence

Chapter 47 - The Road to Damascus

Chapter 48 - Elders

Chapter 49 - Sarabande on Attaining the age of Seventy Seven

Chapter 50 - I.M.E.M.

Chapter 51 - "The Darkness and the Light are both alike to Thee"

Notes

A Note About the Author

Copyright.

Notes:

Preliminaries and woodcuts omitted.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-307-55520-8

OCLC:

843007549