{"product_id":"collected-poems-1951-1971-on-metaphor-and-mortality-9780393321920","title":"Collected Poems, 1951-1971: On Metaphor and Mortality","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCollected Poems, 1951-1971: On Metaphor and Mortality by A. R. Ammons\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive collection represents two decades of groundbreaking work by A. R. Ammons, one of America's most distinguished visionary poets. Spanning from 1951 to 1971, this volume captures the evolution of Ammons's unique poetic voice as he explores the intersections of metaphor, mortality, and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAward-Winning American Poetry\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA. R. Ammons (1926-2001) earned recognition as a two-time National Book Award winner and recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award. His work garnered numerous prestigious honors including the Academy of American Poets' Wallace Stevens Award, the Bollingen Prize, the Poetry Society of America's Robert Frost Medal, the Ruth Lilly Prize, and fellowships from both the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCritical Acclaim\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHarold Bloom declared this volume \"the most distinguished book of American verse, in my judgment, since the publication of Wallace Stevens's \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e in 1955,\" marking \"the permanent establishment of a major visionary poet.\" David Kalstone noted that this collection transcends typical poetry gatherings, describing it as \"like one an explorer brings back.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company in paperback format, this collection serves as an essential text for understanding mid-20th century American poetry. The poems within explore philosophical themes through Ammons's distinctive approach to language, form, and observation. His work bridges the gap between modernist traditions and contemporary poetic innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFor Readers and Collectors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume appeals to poetry enthusiasts, students of American literature, and collectors of significant 20th century works. The collection provides insight into Ammons's development as a poet during a crucial period in American literary history, offering readers access to the full range of his poetic exploration during these formative decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"It will seem increasingly to many attentive readers that this volume--the most distinguished book of American verse, in my judgment, since the publication of Wallace Stevens's \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e in 1955--marks the permanent establishment of a major visionary poet.\"--Harold Bloom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"No mere gathering of poems, this collection is like one an explorer brings back.\"--David Kalstone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA. R. Ammons's\u003c\/strong\u003e (1926-2001) was a two-time winner of the National Book Award and the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award. His many additional honors include the Academy of American Poets' Wallace Stevens Award, the Bollingen Prize, the Poetry Society of America's Robert Frost Medal, the Ruth Lilly Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680579293458,"sku":"9780393321920","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a13dc38a-bca0-4d30-a996-6791544d3fd1.jpg?v=1734922925","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-poems-1951-1971-on-metaphor-and-mortality-9780393321920","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}