Selected Poems
Published on 1. May 2003
313 pages
978-0-19-534740-1 (ISBN)
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Poet, short story writer, critic and novelist, Conrad Aiken (1889-1973) has been called the most metaphysical, the most learned, and the most modern of poets. With writing that reflects an intense interest in psychological, philosophical, and scientific issues, Aiken remains a unique influence upon modern writers and critics today. In his lifetime, Aiken received many awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1930 and the National Book Award for Poetry in 1954. He served as the Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress from 1950-1952.
Selected Poems contains Aiken's own choice of the best and most representative of his poems, spanning more than forty years of his work. Harold Bloom has contributed a new Foreword to reintroduce Aiken to a new generation of readers. The inclusion of several pivotal poems from previous editions broadens the scope of the work to represent Aiken's legacy.
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Conrad Aiken is an American poet, short story writer, critic and novelist. Harold Bloom is the author of several books, including The Anxiety of Influence, A Map of Misreading, and most recently, Genius. He is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at NYU.
Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- PALIMPSEST: THE DECEITFUL PORTRAIT
- NO, I SHALL NOT SAY
- SENLIN: A BIOGRAPHY
- TETÉLESTAI
- PSYCHOMACHIA
- EXILE
- SAMADHI
- KING BORBORIGMI
- AND IN THE HANGING GARDENS
- THE WEDDING
- THE ROAD
- DEAD LEAF IN MAY
- SEA HOLLY
- THE ROOM
- SOUND OF BREAKING
- ELECTRA
- THE POMECITRON TREE
- CHANGING MIND
- 'THE COMING FORTH BY DAY OF OSIRIS JONES
- PRELUDES FOR MEMNON
- I
- II
- III
- VII
- VIII
- X
- XIII
- XIV
- XVII
- XIX
- XX
- XXIX
- XXXI
- XXXIII
- XXXV
- XXXVII
- XXXVIII
- XLI
- XLIII
- XLIV
- XLV
- XLVIII
- L
- LII
- LIII
- LVI
- LXII
- LXIII
- TIME IN THE ROCK
- I
- II
- III
- V
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XVI
- XVII
- XIX
- XXI
- XXII
- XXV
- XXVIII
- XXXVII
- XXXVIII
- XXXIX
- XLI
- XLII
- XLIV
- XLVII
- XLVIII
- L
- LI
- LVIII
- LX
- LXII
- LXIV
- LXVI
- LXVII
- LXVIII
- LXIX
- LXXIV
- LXXV
- LXXVIII
- LXXXI
- LXXXIII
- LXXXIV
- LXXXV
- LXXXVIII
- XCII
- XCVI
- LANDSCAPE WEST OF EDEN
- BLUES FOR RUBY MATRIX
- THE KID
- MAYFLOWER
- HALLOWE'EN
- A LETTER FROM LI PO
- ANOTHER LYCIDAS
- THE CRYSTAL
- DISCORDANTS
- ALL LOVELY THINGS
- SHAEMUS
- DEAR UNCLE STRANGER
- HERMAN MELVILLE
- THE MORNING SONG OF LORD ZERO
- THE CLOVER
- INDEX OF FIRST LINES
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- H
- I
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- W
- Y
