Collected Earlier Poems 1940–1960 - Softcover

Levertov, D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811207188 ISBN 13: 9780811207188

Publisher: New Directions, 1979

Synopsis

Now available. Here are the early poems which first brought Denise Levertov's work to prominence -- from early uncollected poems, selections from The Double Image (London, 1946), and her three books Here and Now (1957), Overland to the Islands (1958) and With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads (1960), which established her as one of the more lyrical and most influential poets of the New American poetry.

About this title

About the Author:

Denise Levertov (1923-1997) was a British born American poet. She wrote and published 20 books of poetry, criticism, translations. She also edited several anthologies. Among her many awards and honors, she received the Shelley Memorial Award, the Robert Frost Medal, the Lenore Marshall Prize, the Lannan Award, a grant from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Synopsis:

Verse celebrating natural beauty and intricacy are collected with poems devoted to social issues in a gathering of Levertov's earlier writings from England and New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0811207188
• ISBN 13: 9780811207188
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 133