New and Collected Poems - A Poetry Collection

This volume represents virtually all of Wilbur's published poetry to date, including his six earlier collections, twenty-seven new poems, and a cantata. Winner of the 1989 Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Poetry.

About the author

RICHARD WILBUR, one of America’s most beloved poets, has served as poet laureate of the United States. He has received the National Book Award, two Pulitzer Prizes, the National Arts Club medal of honor for literature, and a number of translation prizes, including two Bollingen Prizes and two awards from PEN.

Summary

This volume represents virtually all of Wilbur’s published poetry to date, including his six earlier collections, twenty-seven new poems, and a cantata. Winner of the 1989 Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Poetry.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Wilbur
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.1989
• EAN: 9780156654913
• ISBN: 978-0-15-665491-3
• No. of pages: 416
• Weight: 599 g
• Series: Harvest Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Medieval style, POETRY: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, POETRY: Anthologies (multiple authors), POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Places, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / General, POETRY: Haiku *, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Nature, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Family, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Medieval, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Poetry by form: Haiku