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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Ammons, Archie Randolph (1926-2001)
Titre(s) : The complete poems of A.R. Ammons. Volume 2, 1978-2005 [Texte imprimé] / edited by Robert M. West ; introduction by Helen Vendler
Lien au titre d'ensemble : Appartient à : The complete poems of A. R. Ammons
Édition : First edition
Publication : New York : W.W. Norton & Company, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (LIII-1031 p.) ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes
"'So I said I am Ezra / and the wind whipped my throat / gaming for the sounds of
my voice....' So begins one of the most remarkable oeuvres in the history of American
poetry. The Complete Poems of A. R. Ammons, Volume I presents the first half of Archie
Randolph Ammons's long career, including the complete texts of his three book-length
poems from that period: the verse diary Tape for the Turn of the Year, the Bollingen
Prize-winning Sphere: The Form of a Motion, and the daring kaleidoscope of The Snow
Poems, which late in life Ammons said of all his long poems was his favorite. Here
are many of Ammons's most widely celebrated lyrics and meditations, including 'Corsons
Inlet,' 'Still,' 'Gravelly Run,' and 'The City Limits.' Others are more directly inspired
by his roots in the rural South, among them 'Nelly Myers,' 'Silver,' and 'Mule Song.'
Here too are conversations with mountains (as in 'Classic' and 'Mountain Talk') and
exchanges with the wind ('The Wide Land' and 'Mansion'), materialist explanations
of reality ('Mechanism' and 'Catalyst') and prayers (such as the several poems titled
'Hymn'). A poet drawn to theorizing about poetry, Ammons offers both sophisticated
discussions of the art (as in 'Poetics' and 'Essay on Poetics') and disarming assurance:
'I believe in fun.' The text of each poem has been established after careful consideration
of Ammons's manuscripts and other prepublication materials. Endnotes detail the poems'
composition and publication histories, and also helpfully annotate references made
within the poems. This volume confirms Richard Howard's judgment: 'Here was a great
poet, surely one of the largest to speak among us'." ; "If you will sit with me in
the light // of speech, I will sit with you. . . ." Readers who accept that invitation
will find themselves in extraordinary company. The Complete Poems of A. R. Ammons,
Volume II presents the second half of Archie Randolph Ammons's long career, including
the complete texts of his two book-length poems from that period: Garbage, for which
he won his second National Book Award, and Glare, which drew special praise from the
Academy of American Poets as it bestowed on him its highest honor, the Wallace Stevens
Award. In addition, two appendices offer over one hundred and twenty previously uncollected
poems dating from the 1950s to the late 1990s. Among this volume's many highlights
are celebrations of the natural world (such as "Hermit Lark" and "Lofty Calling"),
poems of remembrance (as in "Chinaberry" and "Keeping Track"), prayers ("Singling
& Doubling Together" and "Autonomy"), and compelling meditations on loss and mortality
(such as "Easter Morning" and "In View of the Fact"). As in Volume I, the variety
of scale is remarkable, ranging from the massiveness of Glare to the haiku-like brevity
of "Pebble's Story." The text of each poem has been established after careful consideration
of Ammons's manuscripts and other prepublication materials. Endnotes detail the poems'
composition and publication histories, and also helpfully annotate references made
within the poems. Celebrated poetry critic Helen Vendler's introduction both humanizes
Ammons and traces the growth of his outsized stature as a major poet, "unquestionably
among the best-loved poets of our time" (David Lehman).
Autre(s) auteur(s) : West, Robert (1969-....). Éditeur scientifique
Vendler, Helen (1933-....). Préfacier
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780393070132. - ISBN 0393070131. - ISBN 9780393254891. - ISBN 0393254895
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb456848648
Notice n° :
FRBNF45684864
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Volume 1. 1955-1977 ; volume 2. 1978-2005
