Beat the rise! Delivery fees are going up soon.

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

Selected Poetry

John Hollander

$45

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

QTY:

English
Alfred A. Knopf
18 July 1995
""Perfection is a rare accomplishment, particularly in American poetry, and the perfection of much of Hollander's work makes it essential reading for anyone who genuinely cares for the craft of poetry. But in our fallen world we seem fated to value power of perfection, and John Hollander's poetry has shown a visionary power just often enough to secure him a place as one of the major figures of our moment."" Vernon Shetley, The New Republic
By:  
Imprint:   Alfred A. Knopf
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   481g
ISBN:   9780679761983
ISBN 10:   0679761985
Pages:   352
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

JOHN HOLLANDERisthe author of more than a dozen books of poetry. His first,A Crackling of Thorns, was chosen by W. H. Auden as the 1958 volume in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. He wrote eight books of criticism, including the award-winningRhyme's Reason- A Guide to English VerseandThe Work of Poetry,and edited or coedited twenty-two collections, among themThe Oxford Anthology of English Literature, American Poetry- The Nineteenth Century,and (with Anthony Hecht, with whom he shared the Bollingen Prize in Poetry in 1983)Jiggery-Pokery- A Compendium of Double Dactyls. Mr. Hollander attended Columbia and Indiana Universities and was aJunior Fellow of the Society of Fellows of Harvard University. He taught at Connecticut College and Yale, and was a professor of English at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. In 1990 he received a MacArthur Fellowship. He died in August 2013.

  • Winner of Frost Medal 2007

See Inside

See Also