Christmas Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

Hollander, John [Editor]: McClatchy, J.D. [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0375407898 / ISBN 13: 9780375407895

Published by Everyman's Library, 1999

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A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine jacket. // 'A beautiful hardcover stocking-stuffer collecting the best-loved poems to celebrate the Christmas season, ranging from traditional religious poems to works by Emily Dickinson, Dorothy Parker, and Philip Larkin. AN EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POET. Christmas is both a holiday and a holy day, and from the start it has been associated with poetry, from the song of the seraphim above the manger to the cherished carols around the punch bowl. This garland of Christmas poems contains not only the ones you would insist on finding here ('A Visit from St. Nicholas,' 'Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming,' and 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' among them) but such equally enchanting though lesser-known Yuletide treasures as: - 'The Savior must have been a docile Gentleman' by Emily Dickinson - 'Christmas is Coming' by Anthony Hecht - 'Christmas in India' by Rudyard Kipling - 'Shepherd's Song at Christmas' by Langston Hughes - 'The Christmas Robin' by Robert Graves - 'Office Party' by Phyllis McGinley - 'The Maid-Servant at the Inn' by Dorothy Parker - 'New Year Poem' by Philip Larkin Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.' -- publisher. Seller Inventory # 641392

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Title: Christmas Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket ...

Publisher: Everyman's Library

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 3rd Edition

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Synopsis:

Christmas is both a holiday and a holy day, and from the start it has been associated with poetry, from the song of the seraphim above the manger to the cherished carols around the punch bowl. This garland of Christmas poems contains not only the ones you would insist on finding here ("A Visit from St. Nicholas," "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming," and "The Twelve Days of Christmas" among them) but such equally enchanting though lesser-known Yuletide treasures as Emily Dickinson's "The Savior must have been a docile Gentleman," Anthony Hecht's "Christmas Is Coming," Rudyard Kipling's "Christmas in India," Langston Hughes's "Shepherd's Song at Christmas," Robert Graves's "The Christmas Robin," and happy surprises like Phyllis McGinley's "Office Party," Dorothy Parker's "The Maid-Servant at the Inn," and Philip Larkin's "New Year Poem."

About the Author:

J. D. McClatchy is the author of four earlier books of poems, Scenes from Another Life (1981), Stars Principal (1986), The Rest of the Way (1990), and Ten Commandments (1998). His literary essays are collected in White Paper (1989) and Twenty Questions (1998). He is the editor of The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry (1990) and The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry (1996), as well as a co-editor of James Merrill's Collected Poems (2001) and Collected Novels and Plays (2002). The author of several opera libretti, McClatchy is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He teaches at Yale University and is editor of The Yale Review.