John Marr and Other Poems

By: Melville, Herman

Melville's verse printed for the most part pri-vately in small editions from middle life onward after his great prose work had been written, taken as a whole, is of an amateurish and uneven quali-ty. In it, however, that loveable freshness of per-sonality, which his philosophical dejection never quenched, is everywhere in evidence. It is clear that he did not set himself to master the poet's art, yet through the mask of conventional verse which often falls into doggerel, the voice of a true poet is heard. In selecting the pieces for this volume I have put in the vigorous sea verses of John Marr in their entirety and added those others from his Battle Pieces, Timoleon, etc., that best indicate the quality of their author's personality. The prose supplement to battle pieces has been included be-cause it does so much to explain the feeling of his war verse and further because it is such a re-markably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and troublous days of post-war recon-struction

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08JRB3H8Q
• ISBN13: 9798690745912
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"