W. S. Merwin
Subtitle: Essays on the Poetry
Contributors: Cary Nelson (Editor); Ed Folsom (Editor)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: January 1, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780252012778
Subjects: Language, Literature And Biography; 20th Century American Poetry; Poetry; English; USA; American - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; (William Stanley),; 1927-; Criticism and interpretation; Merwin, W. S; Merwin, W. S.
First sentence: It is appropriate that when W.S. Merwin looks back to the tradition of modern American poetry, he generally talks about Ezra Pound.