Collected Poems, 1951-1971

by A. R. Ammons

Overview

A reissue of a body of work spanning two decades from one of our most treasured poets.

"It will seem increasingly to many attentive readers that this volume—the most distinguished book of American verse, in my judgment, since the publication of Wallace Stevens's Collected Poems in 1955—marks the permanent establishment of a major visionary poet."—Harold Bloom "No mere gathering of poems, this collection is like one an explorer brings back."—David Kalstone

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393357165
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	07/30/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	931 KB

About the Author

A. R. Ammons’s (1926–2001) was a two-time winner of the National Book Award and the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award. His many additional honors include the Academy of American Poets’ Wallace Stevens Award, the Bollingen Prize, the Poetry Society of America’s Robert Frost Medal, the Ruth Lilly Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations.

What People are Saying About This

David Kalstone

No mere gathering of poems, this collection is like one an explorer brings back.

Harold Bloom

[T]he most distinguished book of American verse, in my judgment, since the publication of Wallace Stevens's Collected Poems.

Editorial Reviews

[T]he most distinguished book of American verse, in my judgment, since the publication of Wallace Stevens's Collected Poems.

Harold Bloom

No mere gathering of poems, this collection is like one an explorer brings back.

David Kalstone