A Reader's Guide to the Poetry of Richard WilburA comprehensive critical guide to the poetry of Richard Wilbur, United States poet laureate. This survey is unified by its focus on two central concerns of Wilbur's poetry, namely the synthesis of matter and spirit and the reconciliation of regional and cosmopolitan viewpoints. |
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
Ceremony and Other Poems 1950 | 62 |
Advice to a Prophet and Other Poems 1961 | 92 |
Copyright | |
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