Collected Poems 1940-1978

by Karl Shapiro

First printing. Contains the author's choice from all of his previously published poems, including some which he revised, as well as 15 new poems. 340 pgs, including indices.

Genres: Poetry

341 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946.

Reviews

[Hans Ostrom · Rating 5 out of 5]

An iconoclastic, contrarian view of the world and the U.S., exacting detail and phrasing, and especially early on, a talent for designing and constructing poems of splendid architecture. Intelligence, irony, and observation characterize his poetry, and although he was extremely well read--and a longtime editor of Poetry magazine (Chicago), he doesn't show off his learning just to impress or be difficult--one reason why he quarreled--in print--with Eliot and Pound. Probably W.H. Auden influenced his poetry the most. Much pleasure to be had in this volume.