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100 Essential Modern Poems
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100 Essential Modern Poems Description
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.9108
EAN: 9781566636124
ISBN: 1566636124
Label: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Manufacturer: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2005-10-25
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Studio: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.9108
EAN: 9781566636124
ISBN: 1566636124
Label: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Manufacturer: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2005-10-25
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Studio: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Editorial Review of 100 Essential Modern Poems
Inspired and inspirational, worldly wise, deeply felt, and often delightfully funny--here in one compact volume are 100 of the greatest poems written in English over the last century, memorable masterpieces that everyone should know and enjoy. Selected and introduced by Joseph Parisi, longtime former editor of Poetry magazine, this brilliant collection brings together the greatest poems by all the classic authors, along with the choicest works by today's most accomplished artists in America and abroad.
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Review Summary: An Essential Poetry Book
Review: This is an enjoyable and engaging poetry anthology containing the work of 80 poets. Joseph Parisi, former editor-in chief of Poetry magazine calls these 100 poems "essential in that they deal with the most fundamental issues everyone eventually faces. They express in unforgettable ways the deepest experiences that make us human: love, friendship, family bonds (and frictions), longing and loss, dreams and disappointments, anxiety, suffering, joy, faith, the search for meaning, and our relation to nature."
The book includes poems written from the mid 1800's to the present. Poets include William Butler Yeats, Robert Frost, Marianne Moore, T.S. Eliot, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Elizabeth Bishop, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, Linda Pastan, Mary Oliver, and Kay Ryan.
Parisi provides 1-3 page introductions about the lives of each poet as well as 1-3 poems from each poet. His insightful writing makes the poems come alive for the reader and he well knows how to make poetry accessible to a wide audience. I am glad that I discovered this book and look forward to reading the passages and poems again and again.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A survey of the finest written in English over the past century
Review: Joseph Parisi is former longtime editor of Poetry magazine, so is in a better position than most to select the most influential and memorable of modern poetry in 100 Essential Modern Poems, a survey of the finest written in English over the past century. Works by Philip Larkin, Frank O'Hara, W.D. Snodgrass and many others are personally selected by Parisi and provides particularly inspired works which are classics.
Review Summary: An Essential Poetry Book
Review: This is an enjoyable and engaging poetry anthology containing the work of 80 poets. Joseph Parisi, former editor-in chief of Poetry magazine calls these 100 poems "essential in that they deal with the most fundamental issues everyone eventually faces. They express in unforgettable ways the deepest experiences that make us human: love, friendship, family bonds (and frictions), longing and loss, dreams and disappointments, anxiety, suffering, joy, faith, the search for meaning, and our relation to nature."
The book includes poems written from the mid 1800's to the present. Poets include William Butler Yeats, Robert Frost, Marianne Moore, T.S. Eliot, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Elizabeth Bishop, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, Linda Pastan, Mary Oliver, and Kay Ryan.
Parisi provides 1-3 page introductions about the lives of each poet as well as 1-3 poems from each poet. His insightful writing makes the poems come alive for the reader and he well knows how to make poetry accessible to a wide audience. I am glad that I discovered this book and look forward to reading the passages and poems again and again.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A survey of the finest written in English over the past century
Review: Joseph Parisi is former longtime editor of Poetry magazine, so is in a better position than most to select the most influential and memorable of modern poetry in 100 Essential Modern Poems, a survey of the finest written in English over the past century. Works by Philip Larkin, Frank O'Hara, W.D. Snodgrass and many others are personally selected by Parisi and provides particularly inspired works which are classics.