Collected Poems, 1945-1990 (SIMMs, Arkansas Edition)

Howes, Barbara

ISBN 10: 1557283362 / ISBN 13: 9781557283368

Published by University of Arkansas Press, 1995

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Clean, tight copy. Previous Owner's bookplate inside front cover. // 'Finalist, 1995 National Book Award This collection fills in a missing chapter in the history of American women's poetry by bringing a significant voice back into print. Barbara Howes has perfected a personal style that had little to do with the fashionable currents of her time. Dana Gioia has said of her '[O]ne sees Howes very clearly as a woman writing in one of the oddest but most important traditions of American poetry. She stands with Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and ultimately Emily Dickinson in a lineage of women writers passionately committed to the independence and singularity of the poetic imagination. Collected poems 1945-1990 contains the lifework of one of America's irreplaceable poets.' Forty years ago in The New Yorker Louise Bogan wrote: 'Barbara Howes is the most accomplished women poet of the younger writing generation--one who has found her own voice, chosen her own material, and worked out her own form. Miss Howes is daring with language, but she is also accurate. Her originality stands in constant close reference to the material in hand, and although much of that material is fantastic or exotic, it is never so simply for its own sake.' Drawing from seven previous books, this collection confirms and consolidates the reputation of Barbara Howes as a timeless poet whose fine voice and surprising insights will continue to delight all lovers of language.' -- publisher. Seller Inventory # 00544549

Synopsis:

Finalist, 1995 National Book Award

This collection fills in a missing chapter in the history of American women’s poetry by bringing a significant voice back into print. Barbara Howes has perfected a personal style that had little to do with the fashionable currents of her time. Dana Gioia has said of her “[O]ne sees Howes very clearly as a woman writing in one of the oddest but most important traditions of American poetry. She stands with Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and ultimately Emily Dickinson in a lineage of women writers passionately committed to the independence and singularity of the poetic imagination. Collected poems 1945-1990 contains the lifework of one of America’s irreplaceable poets.”

Forty years ago in The New Yorker Louise Bogan wrote: “Barbara Howes is the most accomplished women poet of the younger writing generation―one who has found her own voice, chosen her own material, and worked out her own form. Miss Howes is daring with language, but she is also accurate. Her originality stands in constant close reference to the material in hand, and although much of that material is fantastic or exotic, it is never so simply for its own sake.”

Drawing from seven previous books, this collection confirms and consolidates the reputation of Barbara Howes as a timeless poet whose fine voice and surprising insights will continue to delight all lovers of language.

About the Author: In addition to her poetry, Barbara Howes has written a collection of stories and has edited several prize-winning anthologies of short fiction. She has won a number of major poetry prizes and was twice a finalist for the National Book Award.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Collected Poems, 1945-1990 (SIMMs, Arkansas ...
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 3rd Edition