num_pages: 240
description: Gathered from Margaret Atwoods work over the decade of 1965-1975 Selected Poems I is a lasting collection from one of our most celebrated contemporary writers. Margaret Atwoods early poetry garnered widespread critical recognition and helped establish her reputation as one of the most provocative modern literary talents. Selected Poems I draws from six collections published early in Atwoods The Circle Game (1966) which received the Governor Generals Award  The Animals in That Country (1968) Procedures for Underground (1970) The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970) Power Politics (1971) and You Are Happy (1975) . In these early poems Atwood considers the space between the cruelties of civilization and wonders of nature the dissonance of Canadian identity and the line where beauty becomes sinister. With poems that glisten . . . with terse bright images untentative closing like a vise ( New York Times Book Review ) this is an essential collection to be treasured for years to come.
language: English
title: Selected Poems: 1965-1975
publisher: Ecco