The Columbia Anthology of American Poetry

Edited by Jay Parini

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May, 1995
Cloth, 757 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-08122-1
$39.95 / £26.95

"The Columbia Anthology of American Poetry interrogates the poetic tradition of the United States and dismantles it in a manner that encourages readers to reassemble that tradition in new and provocative ways." — New York Times Book Review

"An essential volume that shows how poetry intersects with our lives and vice versa." — Library Journal

"Like poetry or dislike it, use and enjoy the new Columbia History of American Poetry. There are riches here for all intellects and imaginations." — Catharine R. Stimpson, Rutgers University

Related Subjects

• American Literature
• Poetry
• Reference

About the Author

JAY PARINI is Axinn Professor of English at Middlebury College. A former Guggenheim Fellow and Visiting Fellow at Christ Church College, Oxford, Parini has written three volumes of poetry, four novels, a critical evaluation of Theodore Roethke's work, and a biography of John Steinbeck. He has written for The Columbia Literary History of the United States, and edited Gore Vidal: A Retrospective and The Columbia History of American Poetry, all published by Columbia University Press.

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