Doveglion: Collected Poems

By José García Villa

Book Overview

The renowned modernist poet of experiment and innovation known as "The Pope of Greenwich Village" and a pioneer of Filipino American poetry

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his first U.S. poetry collection published by Viking Press in 1942, Villa was admired for "the reverence, the raptness, the depth of concentration in his] bravely deep poems" (Marianne Moore). Doveglion (Villa's pen name for dove, eagle, and lion) contains Villa's collected poetry, including rare and previously unpublished material.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143105353
• ISBN13: 9780143105350
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher