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100 1  Ammons, A. R.,|d1926-2001,|eauthor. 
240 10 Poems 
245 14 The complete poems of A.R. Ammons /|cedited by Robert M. 
       West ; introduction by Helen Vendler. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bW.W. Norton & Company,|c[2017] 
300    2 volumes ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
505 0  Volume 1. 1955-1977 -- Volume 2. 1978-2005. 
520    "So I said I am Ezra / and the wind whipped my throat / 
       gaming for the sounds of my voice. . . ." So begins one of
       the most remarkable oeuvres in the history of American 
       poetry. The Complete Poems of A. R. Ammons, Volume I 
       presents the first half of Archie Randolph Ammons's long 
       career, including the complete texts of his three book-
       length poems from that period: the verse diary Tape for 
       the Turn of the Year, the Bollingen Prize-winning Sphere: 
       The Form of a Motion, and the daring kaleidoscope of The 
       Snow Poems, which late in life Ammons said of all his long
       poems was his favorite. Here are many of Ammons's most 
       widely celebrated lyrics and meditations, including 
       "Corsons Inlet," "Still," "Gravelly Run," and "The City 
       Limits." Others are more directly inspired by his roots in
       the rural south, among them "Nelly Myers," "Silver," and 
       "Mule Song." Here too are conversations with mountains (as
       in "Classic" and "Mountain Talk") and exchanges with the 
       wind ("The Wide Land" and "Mansion"), materialist 
       explanations of reality ("Mechanism" and "Catalyst") and 
       prayers (such as the several poems titled "Hymn"). A poet 
       drawn to theorizing about poetry, Ammons offers both 
       sophisticated discussions of the art (as in "Poetics" and 
       "Essay on Poetics") and disarming assurance: "I believe in
       fun." The text of each poem has been established after 
       careful consideration of Ammons's manuscripts and other 
       prepublication materials. Endnotes detail the poems' 
       composition and publication histories, and also helpfully 
       annotate references made within the poems. This volume 
       confirms Richard Howard's judgment: "Here was a great poet,
       surely one of the largest to speak among us." --|cFrom 
       dust jacket, Volume 1. 
520    "If you will sit with me in the light // of speech, I will
       sit with you. . . ." Readers who accept that invitation 
       will find themselves in extraordinary company. The 
       Complete Poems of A. R. Ammons, Volume II presents the 
       second half of Archie Randolph Ammons's long career, 
       including the complete texts of his two book-length poems 
       from that period: Garbage, for which he won his second 
       National Book Award, and Glare, which drew special praise 
       from the Academy of American Poets as it bestowed on him 
       its highest honor, the Wallace Stevens Award. In addition,
       two appendices offer over one hundred and twenty 
       previously uncollected poems dating from the 1950s to the 
       late 1990s. Among this volume's many highlights are 
       celebrations of the natural world (such as "Hermit Lark" 
       and "Lofty Calling"), poems of remembrance (as in 
       "Chinaberry" and "Keeping Track"), prayers ("Singling & 
       Doubling Together" and "Autonomy"), and compelling 
       meditations on loss and mortality (such as "Easter 
       Morning" and "In View of the Fact"). As in Volume I, the 
       variety of scale is remarkable, ranging from the 
       massiveness of Glare to the haiku-like brevity of 
       "Pebble's Story." The text of each poem has been 
       established after careful consideration of Ammons's 
       manuscripts and other prepublication materials. Endnotes 
       detail the poems' composition and publication histories, 
       and also helpfully annotate references made within the 
       poems. Celebrated poetry critic Helen Vendler's 
       introduction both humanizes Ammons and traces the growth 
       of his outsized stature as a major poet, "unquestionably 
       among the best-loved poets of our time" (David Lehman). --
       |cFrom dust jacket, Volume 2. 
648  7 1900-1999|2fast 
650  0 American poetry|y20th century. 
650  0 Poetry|vCollections. 
650  7 American poetry.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00807348 
650  7 Poetry.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01067691 
655  7 Poetry.|2lcgft 
655  7 Collections.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01424032 
655  7 Poetry.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423828 
700 1  West, Robert,|d1969-|eeditor. 
700 1  Vendler, Helen,|d1933-|ewriter of introduction. 
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