James Merrill's Apocalypse: The Internal Politics of International Cartels

by Timothy Materer

The first book to cover this major American writer's complete career, James Merrill's Apocalypse is at once a sophisticated work of criticism and an inviting introduction to Merrill's poetry and fiction. Timothy Materer observes that, while Merrill gained fame as a creator of finely crafted lyric poems, he was obsessed with the violence of the modern era and with the threatening reality that underlies everyday experience--themes found throughout his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801437601
• ISBN13: 9780801437601
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"