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245 10 a| Last looks, last books :b| Stevens, Plath, Lowell, Bishop, Merrill /c| Helen Vendler.;

260 a| Princeton, NJ :b| Princeton University Press,c| 2010.;

300 a| x, 152 pages ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| The A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ;v| 2007;

490 1 a| Bollingen series ;v| XXXV, 56;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| Introduction: last looks, last books -- Looking at the worst: Wallace Stevens' The rock -- The contest of melodrama and restraint: Sylvia Plath's Ariel -- Images of subtraction: Robert Lowell's Day by day -- Caught and freed: Elizabeth Bishop and Geography III -- Self-portraits while dying: James Merrill and A scattering of salts.;

520 a| Vendler "examines the ways in which five great modern American poets, writing their final books, try to find a style that does justice to life and death. With traditional religious consolations no longer available to them, these poets must invent new ways to express the crisis of death, as well as the paradoxical coexistence of a declining body and an undiminished consciousness....The solution for one poet will not serve for another; each must invent a bridge from an old style to a new one. Casting a last look at life as they contemplate death, these modern writers enrich the resources of lyric poetry"--From publisher description.;

600 10 a| Stevens, Wallace,d| 1879-1955x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A47931;

600 10 a| Stevens, Wallace,d| 1879-1955t| Rock.=| ^A47931;

600 10 a| Plath, Sylviax| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A26086;

600 10 a| Plath, Sylviat| Ariel.=| ^A26086;

600 10 a| Lowell, Robert,d| 1917-1977x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A28445;

600 10 a| Lowell, Robert,d| 1917-1977t| Day by day.=| ^A28445;

600 10 a| Bishop, Elizabeth,d| 1911-1979x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A16075;

600 10 a| Bishop, Elizabeth,d| 1911-1979t| Geography III.=| ^A16075;

600 10 a| Merrill, James,d| 1926-1995x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A44594;

600 10 a| Merrill, James,d| 1926-1995t| Scattering of salts.=| ^A44594;

650 0 a| American poetryy| 20th centuryx| History and criticism.=| ^A18443;

650 0 a| Death in literature.=| ^A58525;

830 0 a| Bollingen series ;v| 35:56.=| ^A313974;

830 0 a| A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine artsv| 2007.=| ^A31303;

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Last looks, last books Stevens, Plath, Lowell, Bishop, Merrill / Helen Vendler.

Author/creator	Vendler, Helen
Format	Book
Publication Info	Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Description	x, 152 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955--Criticism and interpretation. Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 Rock. Plath, Sylvia--Criticism and interpretation. Plath, Sylvia Ariel. Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977--Criticism and interpretation. Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 Day by day. Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979--Criticism and interpretation. Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979 Geography III. Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Criticism and interpretation. Merrill, James, 1926-1995 Scattering of salts. American poetry--20th century. --History and criticism. Death in literature.

Series	The A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 2007 Bollingen series ; XXXV, 56 Bollingen series ; 35:56. ^A313974 A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts 2007. ^A31303
Contents	Introduction: last looks, last books -- Looking at the worst: Wallace Stevens' The rock -- The contest of melodrama and restraint: Sylvia Plath's Ariel -- Images of subtraction: Robert Lowell's Day by day -- Caught and freed: Elizabeth Bishop and Geography III -- Self-portraits while dying: James Merrill and A scattering of salts.
Abstract	Vendler "examines the ways in which five great modern American poets, writing their final books, try to find a style that does justice to life and death. With traditional religious consolations no longer available to them, these poets must invent new ways to express the crisis of death, as well as the paradoxical coexistence of a declining body and an undiminished consciousness....The solution for one poet will not serve for another; each must invent a bridge from an old style to a new one. Casting a last look at life as they contemplate death, these modern writers enrich the resources of lyric poetry"--From publisher description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	2009039549
ISBN	9780691145341 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0691145342 (cloth : alk. paper)

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