The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees - Softcover

Kees, Weldon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803258283 ISBN 13: 9780803258280

Publisher: Bison Books, 1975

Synopsis

During Weldon Kees's life, his poems appeared in all the most pretigious magazines of the day-Poetry (Chicago), the New Yorker, Kenyon Review, Partisan Review, and the Nation. "Even the least of his poems exhibit a compelling command of language and form, while the best . . .will 'blow your head off.'"-Times Literary Supplement

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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 ÝKees'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

The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees" has been edited and introduced by Donald Justice, himself a preeminent American poet. The University of Nebraska Press has also published "Weldon Kees and the Midcentury Generation: Letters, 1935-1955," edited by Robert E. Knoll.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bison Books
• Publication date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803258283
• ISBN 13: 9780803258280
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: Justice Donald