Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
Generous sampling from Leaves of Grass. Twenty-four poems include "I Hear America Singing," "Song of the Open Road," "I Sing the Body Electric," "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," "O Captain! My Captain!"--All reprinted from an authoritative edition. Lists of titles and first lines.
Author
Series
American poets project volume 23
Language
English
Description
A selection of poems by twentieth-century American poet Carl Sandburg, drawn from collections published between 1916 and 1950.
Author
Series
American poets project volume 12
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 156 pages : portrait ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
American poets project volume 10
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
187 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A devout Quaker who became a passionate poetic spokesman for the antislavery movement, John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92) was one of the most beloved American poets of his era. In the years before the Civil War, he campaigned tirelessly against slavery in poems that include "Ichabod," his famous denunciation of Daniel Webster for his support of the Fugitive Slave Law. In the long poem "Snow-Bound" (1866) he created a warm and enthralling portrait of...
Author
Series
American poets project volume 13
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
xxvii, 189 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents approximately 140 poems by twentieth-century American poet William Carlos Williams and includes an introduction by poet Robert Pinsky and an index of titles and first lines.
Author
Series
American poets project volume 19
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 148 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The classic volume by the distinguished modern poet and winner of the 1950 Pulitzer Prize that represents her technical mastery, her compassionate and illuminating response to a world that is both special and universal, and her warm humanity.
10) Selected poems
Author
Series
American poets project volume 18
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
183 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Series
American poets project volume 25
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
xxxix, 197 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An anthology of sonnets written by American poets over the course of two centuries, including selections by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, Helen Hunt Jackson, Conrad Aiken, Richard Eberhart, and many others.
Author
Series
American poets project volume 27
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 170 pages : portr. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
13) Selected poems
Author
Series
American poets project volume 26
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
xxii, 205 pages : portrait ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
On October 3rd, 2007 Anne Stevenson was named the second recipient of the Poetry Foundation's Neglected Masters Award. The award brings renewed critical attention to the life's work of a significant but under-recognized American poet. The Library of America is proud to publish "Anne Stevenson: Selected Poems," edited by English Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, in conjunction with the award. Stevenson was born in England of American parents in 1933, grew...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try suggesting a purchase. Submit Request