33 Poems
Published on 26. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-8112-2836-7 (ISBN)
Description
The American poet Robert Lax belongs to the generation of Thomas Merton, Beat poetry, Abstract Expressionism, and the compositions of John Cage. Yet he stands out as this era's most intriguing minimalist poet, gaining this reputation through a constant questioning of the universe and our idea about it. His poetry varies from fables and parables to clear-cut columns of words, from his account of a day at the circus as a vision of creation to his own insistent and mystical search for truth.
33 Poems presents the quintessential gathering of Lax's work, including Sea & Sky and The Circus of the Sun, "perhaps the greatest English-language poem of this century" (The New York Times).
33 Poems presents the quintessential gathering of Lax's work, including Sea & Sky and The Circus of the Sun, "perhaps the greatest English-language poem of this century" (The New York Times).
Reviews / Votes
"To the best of my knowledge, a saint is simply all the things that he is. If youplaced him among the Old Testament figures above the south portal of Chartres, he wouldn't look odd. His poems are sleight-of-hand demonstrations. I
don't know any religious writing that moves me as much or is as persuasive
as the prose communication with the unseen, unknown, unanswering but felt
fountain-source of his belief." -- William Maxwell "He's good, isn't he!" -- Samuel Beckett "One of the great original voices of our times-a pilgrim in search of beautiful
innocence." -- Jack Kerouac
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8112-2836-7 (9780811228367)
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Persons
Robert Lax (1915-2000) was born in Olean, New York. At Columbia University he studied with Mark Van Doren and there began friendships with his classmates Thomas Merton and the painter Ad Reinhardt. He then worked as a university lecturer, film critic, script writer, and editor at the New Yorker. In 1962 he moved to the Greek islands, where he spent most of the last four decades of his life.