On Wings of Song
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On Wings of Song by J D Mcclatchy
From backyard to barnyard, from hawks to hummingbirds, from pelicans to peacocks, from Coleridge's albatross to Keats's nightingale to Poe's raven-all manner of feathered beings, the inspiration for poetic flights of fancy through the ages, are gathered together in this delightful volume.Some of the winged treasures: Emily Dickinson on the jay; Gertrude Stein on pigeons; Seamus Heaney on turkeys; Tennyson on the eagle; Spenser on the merry cuckoo; Amy Clampitt on the whippoorwill; Po Chü-i on cranes; John Updike on seagulls; W.S. Merwin on the duck; Elizabeth Bishop on the sandpiper; Rilke on flamingoes; Margaret Atwood on vultures; the Bible on the ostrich; Sylvia Plath on the owl; Melville on the hawk; Yeats on wild swans; Virgil on the harpies; Thomas Hardy on the darkling thrush; and Wallace Stevens on thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird.
Scenes from Another Life (1981), Stars Prominent (1986), and The Rest of the Road (1990) are J.D.McClatchy's previous poetry collections. White Paper (1989) and Twenty Questions (1998) are collections of his literary articles. He has edited several publications, the most recent of which is The Vintage Book of Modern Poetry (1996). He's written four opera libretti, the most recent of which was Emmeline for Tobias Picker, which the Santa Fe Opera commissioned. He is Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and editor of The Yale Review since 1991.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780375407499 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375407499 |
| Title | On Wings of Song |
| Author | J D Mcclatchy |
| Series | Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2000-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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