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Selected Essays

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Author: Jarrell, Randall
ISBN:978-0-06-118012-5
Publication Date:Jun 1999
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Harper
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $27.50USD $27.50
Book Description:

"He always seemed more alive than other people," Elizabeth Bishop once said of Randall Jarrell, "as if constantly tuned up to the concert pitch that most people, including poets, can maintain only for short and fortunate stretches." And in no area of his diverse writing career was Jarrell more full of life--more "tuned up"--than in his brilliant essays.

As a critic, Jarrell was chiefly interested in poetry, but his wide and avid circle of readers extended well beyond poets and...
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Book Details
Pages:400
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Poetry
Literary Criticism / Books & Reading
Literary Criticism / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.12 x 9.25 x 1.25 Inches
Book Weight:1.45 Pounds
Author Biography
Jarrell, Randall (Author)
Randall Jarrell was born in Nashville, Tennessee on May 6, 1914. He earned a bachelor's and master's degrees from Vanderbilt University. His first book of poetry, Blood from a Stranger, was published in 1942. During World War II, he served with the Army Air Force as a control tower operator. His other books of poetry include Little Friend, Little Friend; Losses; and The Lost World. He won the National Book Award in 1961 for The Woman at the Washington Zoo.

In addition to writing poetry, he reviewed it during a brief period spent as poetry editor for The Nation. Poetry and the Age and A Sad Heart at the Supermarket are collections of his essays as a poetry critic. His teaching career included stints at Kenyon College, the University of Texas, Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Illinois, and the University of North Carolina/Greensboro. He also was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate. He was hit by a car in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and died in October 14, 1965 at the age of 51.

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