The Collected Poems and Selected Prose
Published on 1. August 2002
Book
Hardback
503 pages
978-0-292-70909-6 (ISBN)
Description
Stanley Burnshaw began to publish poems in the 1920s and founded his own verse journal in 1925. After serving as co-editor and drama critic of the New Masses weekly (1934-1936), he entered book publishing, directing the Dryden Press until 1958, when he joined Henry Holt. The first of his nineteen earlier works, Andre Spire and His Poetry, appeared in 1934 and the last in 1990, A Stanley Burnshaw Reader, with an introduction by Denis Donoghue. The present volume - the definitive Burnshaw collection - offers all the poems he wishes to preserve and a full representation of his prose, including My Friend, My Father in its entirety. The Collected Poems and Selected Prose is vital reading for anyone wishing to be fully acquainted with the man whom Karl Shapiro called "one of the best-respected men of letters of our time."
Reviews / Votes
"Stanley Burnshaw has played an active role on the literary scene since the late 1920s in many capacities - poet, critic, editor-publisher, fiction writer, memoirist, translator, anthologist, and theorist of poetry and translation. Besides collecting most of his poems for the first time, something which has long been overdue, this book gives a broad overview of his prose writing, including the whole last section of his biography/memoir of Robert Frost; a key chapter from his classic work of poetic theory, The Seamless Web; the definitive last word on his controversy with Wallace Stevens; and the whole text of his superb memoir/novella, My Friend, My Father. These are pieces that will never go out of fashion. As a poet, Burnshaw is a meticulous craftsman with a fine ear and a considerable lyric gift. The first section, Early and Late Testament, is not his strongest, but there are many fine poems here. Caged in an Animal's Mind (1963) and In the Terrified Radiance (1972) show Burnshaw at the peak of his powers as a poet, breaking through to an essential clarity and simplicity, as do some of the last poems. Burnshaw, now in his nineties, has made numerous small revisions in poems all through the book, and every single one of them is an improvement, [which] shows what a conscious craftsman and creative student of verse he remains. In sum, this book not only fills out the historical record of an important and enduring literary career, but also offers a wonderful range of good reading in both prose and poetry - in short, a living body of work." Morris Dickstein, Distinguished Professor of English and Senior Fellow, Center for the Humanities, Graduate Center of the City University of New YorkMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Austin, TX
United States
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With dust jacket
Illustrations
7 b&w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
890 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-292-70909-6 (9780292709096)
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Stanley Burnshaw has received many honors, including an award for creative writing from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, honorary degrees from the City University of New York and Hebrew Union College, and a "Special Stanley Burnshaw Issue" of Agenda (London). He divides his time between Martha's Vineyard and Key Biscayne.
Content
Early and Late Testament (1952)Early and Late Testament(Preamble)Time of Brightness(First Testament)(Second Testament)The Iron LandsDo I Know Their Names?For a Workers' Road-SongAll Day the Chill ...Will You Remake These Worlds?(Third Testament)A Coil of Glass (I)Anchorage in Time (I)(Fourth Testament)This War Is LoveA Coil of Glass (II)Hero Statues(Fifth Testament)Dialogue of the HeartbeatThe BridgeHeartbeat ObbligatoEnd of the Flower-World(Sixth Testament)Looking for PapaAmong Trees of LightCoasts of DarknessIn Strength of Singleness(Seventh Testament)It Was Never This Quiet ...When Was It Lost?WoodpeckerVoices in Dearness ...Song Aspires to SilenceAnchorage in Time (II)(Eighth Testament)Two Men Fell in the Irish SeaPoetry: The ArtOdes and LyricsTo a Young Girl SleepingInnocenceEvent in a FieldThe FearLight Outlives All ShapeMidnight: Deserted PavementsRandom Pieces of a ManWaiting in WinterOutcast of the WatersRestful GroundDriving SongWillowy WindThe Hollow RiverSecond-Hand PoemsAnonymous Alba: En un vergier soiz folha d'albespiOrleans: Le temps a laissie ...Spire: NuditesSpire: Ce n'est pas toi ...Spire: NativiteSpire: Un parfum eternel ...Spire: BaisersSpire: FriselisSpire: VolupteCaged in an Animal's Mind (1963)Thoughts about a GardenHistorical Song of Then and NowSummerRavel and BindCaged in an Animal's MindAncient of NightsSymbol CurseThe Valley BetweenThoughts about a GardenPetitioner DogsFather-StonesNight of the Canyon SunA Recurring VisionMidnight Wind to the TossedThe Axe of EdenListen:Random Pieces of a ManThoughts of the War and My DaughterA RiverSurfacePreparation for Self-Portrait in Black StoneMornings of St. CroixBoy over a StreamLetter from One Who Could Not Cross the FrontierVoyage: Journal EntryNightmare in a WorkshopA Rose SongGuide's Speech on a Road near DelphiSong of Nothings: In the Mountain's Shadow at DelphiI Think among Blank WallsSeedling AirThree in ThroesModes of BeliefHouse in St. PetersburgTime Is a Double LineSecond-Hand PoemsAkhmatova: The MuseGeorge: Denk nicht zu viel ...luard: L'AmoureuseVon Hofmannsthal: Eigene SpracheAlberti: El angel buenoIn the Terrified Radiance (1972)The Terrified RadianceThe Terrified RadianceTo a CrowInnocent WarGulls ...Central Park: MidwinterThe Finding LightErstwhile HunterTheir Singing River (I)Not to Bereave ...Underbreathing SongEmptiness ...ProcreationsWomen and MenMovie Poster on a Subway WallEnd of a VisitThe Echoing ShapeSummer Morning Train to the CityWomen and MenTalmudistWhat Plato WasSong of SuccessionEn l'an ...Dialogue of the Stone OtherIn the Coastal CitiesWill of ChoiceChanson InnocenteThe RockCondor FestivalThree FriendsWe Brought You Away As Before ...Friend across the OceanWildnessThe Hero of SilenceI. Dedication: An Eternity of WordsII. Master and PupilsIII. Soliloquy from a Window: Man and FlowersIV. Dialogue before WakingV. FumeVI. Into the Blond TorrentVII. The WakingSecond-Hand PoemsPaz: Ms alla del amorSpire: Retour des MartinetsAlberti: Cancion del angel sin suerteAlberti: El angel mentirosoVerhaeren: La BecheAkhmatova: from "The White Flock"Unamuno: Me destierro ...Mirages: Travel Notes in the Promised Land (1977)I. First LandscapeII. Generations of TerrorIII. Blind TaleIV. Seventh-day MirageV. The RockVI. TalmudistVII. Marching SongVIII. ChoicesLater Poems (1977- )Message to Someone Four Hundred Nights AwayThe House HollowFlorida SeasideOld Enough at Last to Be UnsolemnMind, If You Mourn at AllTo Wake Each DawnTheir Singing River (II)Speech, the Thinking-MiracleMan on a GreenswardSocial Poems of the Depression (from The New Masses and The Iron Land [1936])The Crane-DriverStreet Song: New StyleI, Jim RogersMr. Tubbe's Morning ServiceNotes on the PoemsSelected ProseMy Friend, My FatherStevens' "Mr. Burnshaw and the Statue"The Poem Itself: "Discussing Poems into English"Thomas Mann Translates "Tonio Kroger"A Future for Poetry: Planetary MaturityThe Seamless WebToward the "Knowable" FrostIndex of Poem Titles and First Lines