The World at Large: New and Selected Poems, 1971-1996

by James McMichael

Overview

The World at Large brings together the best of James McMichael's poetry and includes works that appear for the first time in this volume. With the publication of the new poems, McMichael surpasses even the formally daring and psychologically penetrating poetry that has characterized his work thus far.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226561059
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	11/15/1996
Series:	Phoenix Poets
Edition description:	1
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

James McMichael is professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Irvine. He is the recipient of a Eunice Tietjens Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and a Whiting Foundation Writer’s Award.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Alan Shapiro
The Artichoke
The Asparagus
The Cauliflower
Herbs
Corn
Celery
Bell Pepper
Potatoes
Each in a Place Apart
Four Good Things
Matins
Lauds
The Very Rich Hours
Prime
Terce
Lutra, the Fisher
Itinerary
Sext
The Inland Lighthouse
Nones
The Great Garret, or 100 Wheels
The Queen Anne Cottage
Vespers
Its Time
Compline
She
Pretty Blue Apron
The World at Large