Selected poems of May Sarton

By May Sarton

Book Overview

The steady growth of May Sarton's following and critical importance in recent years has revealed a creative writer of remarkable scope--equally at home in three literary forms: fiction, autobiography, and poetry. It is in her poetry, however, where she achieves the full extent of her revelation as artist and human. The poems in this first selection from her whole work were written over a period of forty years. They convey a wonderfully energetic alternation of mood, idea, and experience that are part of her unique creative process.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393045056
• ISBN13: 9780393045055
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.6" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Lucid, brilliant, astoundingly original.

Lucid, brilliant, astoundingly original, May Sarton is a rare treasure among modern poets. A master of technical form, she never veers from the idea that poetry is for the revelation of individual insights gleaned from often painful experiences. Her uniqueness among the moderns lies in her understanding of the importance of the discipline imposed by traditional form as an instrument of clarity. She is among the very best.