Synopsis
A collection of poetry selected by the Nobel Prize-winning poet. Included are works of Elizabeth Bishop, William Blank, Joseph Brodsky, Constantine Cavafy, Emily Dickinson, Linda Gregg, Seamus Heaney, D. H. Lawrence, Denise Levertov, Antionio Machado, W. S. Merwin, Rainer Maria Rilke, Wallace Stevens, May Swenson, Wislawa Szymborska, Wang Wei, Walt Whitman, and William Carlos Williams.
Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz put together this remarkably diverse collection of his favorite poems, which range across a wide span of nationalities and time periods. Milosz introduces each of the more than 300 poems he chose with a short statement analyzing its overall quality and relevance, both to his own life and to the larger canon of poetry in general. While there is a significant emphasis on works from modern European and American poets, Milosz also includes a strong selection of ancient Chinese poetry. Included are works of Elizabeth Bishop, William Blank, Joseph Brodsky, Constantine Cavafy, Emily Dickinson, Linda Gregg, Seamus Heaney, D. H. Lawrence, Denise Levertov, Antionio Machado, W. S. Merwin, Rainer Maria Rilke, Wallace Stevens, May Swenson, Wislawa Szymborska, Wang Wei, Walt Whitman, and William Carlos Williams.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-09-01 | | Editor: | Czeslaw Milosz, Drenka Willen |
| Size | | Length: | 320 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 21.6 oz |
Publisher's Note
For A Book of Luminous Things Nobel laureate poet Czeslaw Milosz has selected 300 of the world's greatest poems written throughout the ages, poems memorable for how they render the realities of the world palpable and immediate. They are organized under eleven headings - including "Epiphany", "Nature", "The Secret of a Thing", "Travel", "Places", and "The Moment". In addition to his introduction, Milosz contributes brief, penetrating commentary on each poet. Among the poets included are Elizabeth Bishop, William Blake, Joseph Brodsky, Constantinos Cavafy, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Allen Ginsberg, Linda Gregg, Seamus Heaney, Zbigniew Herbert, Jane Hirshfield, Robinson Jeffers, D. H. Lawrence, Denise Levertov, Philip Levine, Li Po, Antonio Machado, Thomas Merton, W. S. Merwin, Sharon Olds, Mary Oliver, Po Chu-I, Rainer Maria Rilke, Theodore Roethke, Charles Simic, Gary Snyder, Wallace Stevens, May Swenson, Anna Swir, Wislawa Szymborska, Tu Fu, Wang Wei, Walt Whitman, and William Carlos Williams.
Industry Reviews
"...[E]xciting not only because it brings to light poets and poetry that might otherwise smolder in obscurity, but because of what it says about Milosz. His intelligence is always present in this book; unlike any anthology I can think of, it bears the mark of its editor's personality."
Boston Book Review - George Weld (01/19/1997)
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