The Human Season: Selected Poems 1926 - 1972

by Archibald MacLeish

Selected poems 1926-1972 . 8vo pp. 162 Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket) Molto buono (Very Good)

Genres: Poetry

161 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

American poet Archibald MacLeish won a Pulitzer Prize for Conquistador in 1932, served as librarian of Congress from 1939 and as assistant secretary of state from 1944 to 1945, and won again for Collected Poems 1917-1952 and the verse play J.B. (1958).

The modernist school associates this writer. He received three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

I do like but like mostly later Macleish so this was a mixed bag. Mostly when it fails it is because of organization. That there was a section taken from J. B. (if god is god he is not good/ if god is good he is not god...) was nice but the piece itself both was not great alone and began a section filled if not for it entirely with poems about Eve from a different original work

[Jacob Frank · Rating 3 out of 5]

Genteel but straightforward pre-Beat poetry. Lots of rhymes, fairly transparent message. Favorite poems: "Speech to Those Who Say Comrade," "Speech to a Crowd," and "The Hero."