Selected Poems of James Merrill

by James Merrill

Book Overview

This volume brings together the best of Merrill--and dazzles at every turn. This balanced and compact selection will be an ideal introduction to his work for both students and general readers, and an instant favorite among his familiars.

James Merrill himself once called his body of work "chronicles of love and loss," and in twenty books written over four decades he used the details of his own life--comic and haunting, exotic and domestic--to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 037571166X
• ISBN13: 9780375711664
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.1"