Asphodel, That Greeny Flower and Other Love Poems: That Greeny Flower

Asphodel, That Greeny Flower and Other Love Poems: That Greeny Flower

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"Asphodel, That Greeny Flower," first published when William Carlos Williams was seventy-two, forms the heart of this new selection of his love poems. Robert Lowell praised "Asphodel" for delivering "to us what was impossible, something that was poetry and beyond poetry." Lyrical and moving, elegant and supple, it is charged with sheer musical pleasure. In addition to "Asphodel," eleven other important love poems have been chosen from the whole range of Williams' writing life--a life whose history of love is reviewed by Herbert Leibowitz in his incisive introduction. Leibowitz, editor of Parnassus: Poetry in Review magazine and author of forthcoming critical biography of William Carlos Williams, considers "Asphodel" in the context of Williams' singularly non-traditional love poetry, and distinguishes it as his "most eloquent and unorthodox love poem, a quest for 'abiding love' in the gathering shadows of death."

Book Information

Main Genre
Poetry & Drama
Sub Genre
Anthologies
Format
Softcover
Pages
60
Price
11.00 €

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I've done it, I've found a new favorite book of poetry. Very short and sweet, there's a little room left for personal philosophy and ruminations on love, the lengths and formats have variety, everything flows so smoothly and flows so well together. "We lived long together a life filled, if you will, with flowers. So that I was cheered when I first came to know that there were flowers also in hell."

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