An edition of Understanding W.S. Merwin (1997)

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An edition of Understanding W.S. Merwin (1997)

Understanding W.S. Merwin

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In this companion to the works of W. S. Merwin, H. L. Hix surveys the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's canon to show that despite its reputation for difficulty and obscurity, Merwin's verse is clear and direct. Describing Merwin as a moral poet, Hix identifies the characteristics that distinguish Merwin's voice and suggests that an underlying vision of human interconnectedness and affinity with nature permeates his poetry.

Through close readings of Merwin's verse, Hix traces the emergence of the poet's dominant thematic concerns. Beginning with the interest in myth found in A Mask for Janus, Green with Beasts, and Writings to an Unfinished Acccompaniment, he shows how the thematic focus turns successively to apocalypse, ecology, and society, until Merwin arrives at one theme that incorporates all the others: the theme of place.

Hix demonstrates that whether writing the angry protest poems of The Lice or the intimate family reminiscences of Opening the Hand, Merwin maintains the consistent premise that our isolation from each other and our isolation from the natural world are parallel and interrelated.

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English
Pages
191

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Understanding W.S. Merwin
1997, University of South Carolina Press
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Table of Contents

Guides
Myth
Apocalypse
Ecology
Society
Love
Family
Hawaii
France.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-182) and index.

Published in
Columbia, S.C
Series
Understanding contemporary American literature
Other Titles
Understanding WS Merwin

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
811/.54
Library of Congress
PS3563.E75 Z69 1997, PS3563.E75Z69 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 191 p. ;
Number of pages
191

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1010770M
Internet Archive
understandingwsm0000hixh
ISBN 10
1570031541
LCCN
96051241
OCLC/WorldCat
36024071
Library Thing
4686744
Goodreads
69140

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