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Karl Shapiro

Karl Shapiro: Selected Poems

(American Poets Project #3)

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In this new selection of poems by Karl Shapiro, master literary craftsman John Updike provides a long-overdue reassessment of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who first rose to prominence with his poems about war.Updike's great personal respect and affection for Shapiro's work resonate throughout the essay he wrote to introduce the volume: Karl Shapiro's tone is breezy, surly, rapturous as the mood rapidly shifts. The last lines often stub our toes and invite us to reread. The concreteness can seem defiant. . . . His feet planted on the substantive, he could be modest and casual but also bold, with the boldness of truth personally verified. In… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Updike, John
  • ISBN: 978-1-931082-34-1
  • EAN: 9781931082341
  • Produktnummer: 9851019
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
  • Seitenangabe: 197 S.

Über den Autor


John Updike (1932-2009) was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker. He is the author of more than sixty books, including collections of short stories, poems, essays, and criticism. His novels won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle, and the Howells Medal, among other honors.

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