Theodore Roethke: Selected Poems: (american Poets Project #16)

by Theodore Roethke

Book Overview

From the recollections of his youth in Michigan to the visionary longings of the poems written just before his death, Theodore Roethke embarked on a quest to restore wholeness to a self that seemed irreparably broken. In the words of editor Edward Hirsch, "He courted the irrational and embraced what is most vulnerable in life."

Hirsch's selection and perceptive introduction illuminate the daring and intensity of a poet who, in poems such as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931082782
• ISBN13: 9781931082785
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher