The Poetry Anthology, 1912-2002: Ninety Years of America's Most Distinguished Verse Magazine - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1566634687 ISBN 13: 9781566634687

Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Publishing monthly without interruption since 1912, Poetry has become America's most distinguished magazine of verse, presenting, often for the very first time, virtually every notable poet of the last nine decades-an unprecedented record. Decade by decade, this ninetieth-anniversary anthology from Poetry includes the poems of the major talents, along with several lesser known. Poetry is "an American institution."-T. S. Eliot.

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Review:

The two kinds of anthology--that of summary and that of advocacy--will suffice to define the type of Parisi's book.--James Matthew Wilson "Contemporary Poetry Review "

For the LOVER of poetry there is much to savor here...--Ron Smith "Times-Dispatch "

It is a fitting collection that not only features their work, but helped place them in the pantheon.--Richard Wakefield "The Seattle Times "

This modest Chicago monthly has featured not only many of the 20th century's greatest poets, but also many of their famous poems. It is pleasant to think, given everything that Poetry has meant to literature in the last 100 years and everything it may yet mean to generations of readers that it will not have such troubles in the future.--David Yezzi "The Philadelphia Inquirer "

One of the premier single-volume anthologies available.--Library Journal

This anthology makes clear that American poetry is as powerful, diverse, and vibrant as ever.--The San Diego Union-Tribune

A Who's Who of American verse...a landmark collection.... Highly recommended.--Library Journal

Superb and invaluable...comprehensive and thrilling...a veritable history of twentieth-century poetry in English.... A tremendous resource.--Booklist, Starred Review

A great catch...I so thoroughly enjoyed this book that every time I lay eyes on it I can't help picking it up -- even if it is for the hundredth time.--Kliatt

About the Author:

Joseph Parisi joined Poetry in 1976 and served as its tenth editor from 1983-2003. Among his books are Marianne Moore: The Art of a Modernist and, with Stephen Young, Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002, and is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. Mr. Parisi has also edited a definitive modern poetry collection, 100 Essential Modern Poems published with Ivan R. Dee in 2005. Stephen Young, former senior editor of Poetry, is program director of the Poetry Foundation. He was educated at Dartmouth and joined the magazine in 1988. Messrs. Parisi and Young live in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1566634687
• ISBN 13: 9781566634687
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Parisi Joseph, Young Stephen