Selected Poems of Robert Penn Warren

By Robert Penn Warren

Book Overview

More than 200 poems from every phase of the celebrated poet's writing are gathered in this collection that features several previously unpublished pieces. From "Oxford City Wall", the only poem written while Warren was a Rhodes Scholar, to "Evening Hawk", this compendium provides a generous survey of Warren's poetry.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807126764
• ISBN13: 9780807126769
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Great poems, and models for more poetry

I bought this, because as an unpublished poet, I wanted to read something that was well-written but which was outside of what I've been influenced by for many years: the New York School (Ashbery, O'Hara, et al.) and Wallace Stevens. Plus, Warren brings a sense of history, as in much of his fiction, to his poetry--something I find lacking in much American poetry of the last 75 years. That sense gives it an extra dimension. Wonderful book, and an exemplary writer.