Collected Poems of Weldon Kees - Hardcover

Kees, Weldon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803208642 ISBN 13: 9780803208643

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1992

Synopsis

The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees showcases the dark brilliance and absorbing vision of one of America's most fascinating artistic and literary figures, Weldon Kees (1914-55).

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Review

"[The] narrator-hero . . . is Robinson Crusoe, utterly alone on Madison Avenue, a stranger and afraid in the world of highpaying news weeklies, fashionable galleries, jazz concerts, highbrow movies, sophisticated reviews--the world in which Weldon Kees was eminently successful. When he said, in these gripping poems, that it filled him with absolute horror, he meant it. On July 18, 1955, his car was found on the approach to Golden Gate Bridge. He has never been seen since."

"The true impulse of İKees's¨ work shows in its constantly surprising inventiveness and in the certainty and naturalness of its speech."-"Hudson"" Review"

" Not many poets can do better than this; not many ever have. . . . This is poetry to read over and over again." -- "The Village Voice"

" The true impulse of [Kees' s] work shows in its constantly surprising inventiveness and in the certainty and naturalness of its speech." -- "Hudson"" Review"
" Kees was both a gifted lyric poet and a restless experimenter, whose diverse background as an abstract expressionist painter, a jazz pianist and composer, and a filmmaker enriched his sense of formal possibilities." -- "Poetry Magazine"

" Not many poets can do better than this; not many ever have. . . . This is poetry to read over and over again. " -- The Village Voice

" The true impulse of [Kees ' s] work shows in its constantly surprising inventiveness and in the certainty and naturalness of its speech. " -- Hudson Review
" Kees was both a gifted lyric poet and a restless experimenter, whose diverse background as an abstract expressionist painter, a jazz pianist and composer, and a filmmaker enriched his sense of formal possibilities. " -- Poetry Magazine

"Not many poets can do better than this; not many ever have. . . . This is poetry to read over and over again."-The Village Voice

"The true impulse of [Kees's] work shows in its constantly surprising inventiveness and in the certainty and naturalness of its speech."-Hudson Review

"Kees was both a gifted lyric poet and a restless experimenter, whose diverse background as an abstract expressionist painter, a jazz pianist and composer, and a filmmaker enriched his sense of formal possibilities."-Poetry Magazine

About the Author

Donald Justice is a preeminent American poet whose books include Oblivion: On Writers and Writing and New and Selected Poems.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803208642
• ISBN 13: 9780803208643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 186
• Editor: Justice Donald