Collected Poems 1917 to 1982

This expanded volume of the distinguished poet's work contains 29 previously uncollected poems, some that had been published, and some found in manuscript after MacLeish's death in 1982. This is the definitive volume produced by a life that filled several careers as writer, teacher, and public servant, but was devoted above all to poetry.

About the author

ARCHIBALD MACLEISH (1892-1982) attended Yale University and served in World War I. Later, he went to Harvard Law School and practiced law in Boston for a few years until he gave it up and moved to Paris with his wife and children to devote all his time to writing poetry. He returned to the United States to research the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and the result, Conquistador (1932), won him a Pulitzer Prize. From 1920–1939, he was a member of the editorial board of Fortune magazine and he served as Librarian of Congress from 1929 to 1944. MacLeish's Collected Poems (1952) won a Pulitzer Prize and his poetic drama, J.B.: A Play in Verse, based on the Book of Job, was a Broadway success in 1957 winning a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award.

Summary

This expanded volume of the distinguished poet's work contains 29 previously uncollected poems, some that had been published, and some found in manuscript after MacLeish's death in 1982. This is the definitive volume produced by a life that filled several careers as writer, teacher, and public servant, but was devoted above all to poetry.

Product details

• Authors: MacLeish, Archibald Macleish
• Assisted by: Richard B. McAdoo (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.1985
• EAN: 9780395395691
• ISBN: 978-0-395-39569-1
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 617 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Poetry, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Epic, United States of America, USA, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, nonfiction;american;america;poetry;american poetry, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Medieval style, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Places, POETRY: Epic, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Nature, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Family, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Medieval, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, nonfiction;american;american poetry;america;poetry, Poetry by form: Haiku