Doveglion

Collected Poems

Jose Garcia Villa, John Edwin Cowen, Luis H. Francia

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Penguin
29 July 2008

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

The renowned modernist poet of experiment and innovation known as ""The Pope of Greenwich Village"" and a pioneer of Filipino American poetry

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his first U.S. poetry collection published by Viking Press in 1942, Villa was admired for ""the reverence, the raptness, the depth of concentration in

his

bravely deep poems"" (Marianne Moore). Doveglion (Villa's pen name for dove, eagle, and lion) contains Villa's collected poetry, including rare and previously unpublished material.

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

By: Jose Garcia Villa
Introduction by: Luis H. Francia
Edited by: John Edwin Cowen
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 228g
ISBN: 9780143105350
ISBN 10: 0143105353
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 29 July 2008
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Doveglion: Collected Poems

a Villa seems to me to possess one of the purest and most natural gifts discoverable anywhere in contemporary poetry.a<br> aMark Van Doren <br> a [Villa is] a poet with a great, even an astounding, and perfectly original gift. . . . The best of his poems are among the most beautiful written in our time.a<br> aEdith Sitwell