Selected Poems

Edwin Arlington Robinson, Robert Faggen, Joseph Brodsky

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Penguin Books Ltd
01 December 1997

Series: Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin

A Penguin Classic

A best seller in his lifetime though neglected in recent years, Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) is due to be restored to his rightful place in literary history as one of the first great American Modernist poets. His poetry was revolutionary, though it looked deceptively conventional because it was written in metre and rhyme. He cast aside the stiff archaism and prettiness favoured by his contemporaries, instead employingeveryday language with dramatic power, wit, and sensitivity. His lyric poems illuminate ordinary people, especially the downtrodden, the bereft, and the mistunderstood. In the process he created the gallery of character portraits for which he is most fondly remembered, among them Eben Flood, Aunt Imogen, Isaac and Archibald, Miniver Cheevy and Richard Cory.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

By: Edwin Arlington Robinson
Foreword by: Joseph Brodsky
Introduction by: Robert Faggen
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9780140189889
ISBN 10: 0140189882
Series: Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 December 1997
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Edited with an Introduction by Robert Faggen Introduction by Robert Faggen Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Texts John Evereldown Luke Havergal Villanelle of Change The House on the Hill Richard Cory Cavalry Dear Friends The Story of the Ashes and the Flame Amaryllis Zola The Pity of the Leaves Aaron Stark The Garden Cliff Klingenhagen Reuben Bright The Altar The Tavern George Crabbe Credo On the Night of a Friend's Wedding Sonnet Isaac and Archibald Aunt Imogen The Growth of ""Lorraine"" Erasmus The Woman and the Wife Merlin The Master Calverly's Uncle Ananias The Whip The White Lights Exit Leonora Doctor of Billiards How Annandale Went Out Alma Mater Miniver Cheevy The Pilot Vickery's Mountain For a Dead Lady Two Gardens in Linndale Flammonde The Gift of God John Gorham Stafford's Cabin Hillcrest Eros Turannos The Unforgiven Veteran Sirens Another Dark Lady The Dark House The Poor Relation Llewellyn and the Tree Bewick Finzer Bokardo The Wandering Jew The Mill The Dark Hills The Three Taverns Demos The Flying Dutchman Tact John Brown The False Gods Archibald's Example Lazarus Mr. Flood's Party Ben Trovato The Tree in Pamela's Garden Vain Gratuities Lost Anchors Recalled Modernities Afterthoughts Caput Mortuum Monadnock Through the Trees Many Are Called Rembrandt to Rembrandt Haunted House The Sheaves Karma New England Hector Kane"

Edwin Arlington Robinson(December 22,1869-April 6,1935) was anAmericanpoetwho won threePulitzer Prizesfor his work. Robert Faggen teaches at Claremont McKenna College.