James Merrill Poems

James Merrill once called his poetic works 'chronicles of love and loss', and in twenty books written over four decades he used the details of his life - comic and haunting, exotic and domestic - to shape a compelling, sometimes intensely moving, personal portrait. Sophisticated, witty and ironic, his poetry also engages passionately with topical issues - war, terrorism, political corruption, AIDS, climate change and the destruction of nature. An admirer of Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop and W. H. Auden, Merrill, like them, has left a legacy that will speak to readers for years to come.

Product details

• Authors: James Merrill, Merrill James
• Publisher: Everyman's Library UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781841598086
• ISBN: 978-1-84159-808-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 164 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets; Everyman's Library Pocket Poets
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious, POETRY / Epic, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Poetry by individual poets, United States of America, USA, Relating to gay people