Effort at Speech: New and Selected Poems
Northwestern University Press, 1997
eISBN: 978-0-8101-3311-2 | Cloth: 978-0-8101-5070-6 | Paper: 978-0-8101-5071-3
Library of Congress Classification PS3525.E588E37 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.54
eISBN: 978-0-8101-3311-2 | Cloth: 978-0-8101-5070-6 | Paper: 978-0-8101-5071-3
Library of Congress Classification PS3525.E588E37 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.54
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Winner, 1997 National Book Award for Poetry
A contemporary of Berryman, Bishop, and Lowell, William Meredith shared neither the bohemian excesses of the Beats nor the exhibitionist excesses of the "confessional" poets. Rather, he was known as a poet whose unadorned, formal verse marked him as a singular voice. Effort at Speech, the definitive collection of Meredith's life work, contains poems chosen by the author from throughout his career, as well as several new works and an essay by Michael Collier placing Meredith in his times.
A contemporary of Berryman, Bishop, and Lowell, William Meredith shared neither the bohemian excesses of the Beats nor the exhibitionist excesses of the "confessional" poets. Rather, he was known as a poet whose unadorned, formal verse marked him as a singular voice. Effort at Speech, the definitive collection of Meredith's life work, contains poems chosen by the author from throughout his career, as well as several new works and an essay by Michael Collier placing Meredith in his times.
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