Denise Levertov - Dana Greene
A Poet's Life
KORTE INHOUD
Kenneth Rexroth called Denise Levertov (1923–1997) "the most subtly skillful poet of her generation, the most profound, . . . and the most moving." Author of twenty-four volumes of poetry, four books of essays, and several translations, Levertov became a lauded and honored poet. Born in England, she published her first book of poems at age twenty-three, but it was not until she married and came to the United States in 1948 that she found her poetic voice, helped by the likes of William Carlos Williams, Robert Duncan, and Robert Creeley. Shortly before her death in 1997, the woman who claimed no country as home was nominated to be America's poet laureate.Levertov was the quintessential romantic. She wanted to live vividly, intensely, passionately, and on a grand scale. She wanted the persistence of Cézanne and the depth and generosity of Rilke. Once she acclimated herself to America, the dreamy lyric poetry of her early years gave way to the joy and wonder of ordinary life. By the late 1960s and early 1970s, h...
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2014Uitgever: University of Illinois Press328 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0252080483ISBN-13: 9780252080487Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2014, 308pp, paperback, staat: goed. Lichte gebruikssporen kaft. [Auteur: Greene, Dana] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: UNIV OF ILLINOIS PREEs] [Jaar: 2014] [Titel: Denise Levertov / A Poet's Life]
