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- Poems, 1922-1961
- Book
- 1966
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
summary
Poems, 1922-1961 was first published in 1966.This volume contains a collection of the most important work of Donald Davidson, one of America’s greatest contemporary poets. The selection range from the time of his association with the Fugitive group of Southern writers during the 1920’s to his most recently published book of poems, The Long Street (1961). The Tall Men, first published in 1927, is included here in its revised version of 1938. Among the other early poems are selections from An Outland Piper (1924) and from Lee in the Mountains and Other Poems (1938).The critic Louis D. Rubin, Jr. calls this “the life work of a master poet.” He comments: “These poems don’t date; they represent no outmoded school or clique . . . and the new poems have a simplicity about them that does not hide so much as it enhances their rich imaginativeness and wealth of imagery. These are the poems of a man of great sensitivity and an exciting imagination and command of the language.”
Table of Contents
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- Prefatory Note
- p. v
- Table of Contents
- pp. vi-viii
- Part I. Northern Summers, Southern Autumns
- The Ninth Part of Speech
- pp. 3-7
- Gradual of the Northern Summer
- pp. 8-11
- A Barren Look
- p. 12
- A Touch of Snow
- pp. 13-14
- Soldier and Son
- pp. 17-18
- Woodlands, 1956–1960
- pp. 19-22
- Meditation on Literary Fame
- pp. 23-24
- Part II. The Old War
- Lee in the Mountains
- pp. 43-46
- The Last Charge
- pp. 47-49
- The Last Rider
- p. 51
- Late Answer: A Civil War Seminar
- pp. 52-56
- Part III. What City! What Land!
- Aunt Maria and the Gourds
- pp. 59-61
- Randall, My Son
- pp. 62-63
- The Nervous Man
- pp. 74-75
- Old Sailor's Choice
- pp. 76-81
- At the Station
- p. 82
- Cross Section of a Landscape
- pp. 83-84
- Part IV. Fugitive Days
- Joe Clisby's Song
- pp. 87-88
- On Culleoka Road
- p. 89
- Second Harvest
- p. 90
- The Swinging Bridge
- p. 91
- Spring Voices
- p. 92
- Apple and Mole
- p. 94
- Martha and Shadow
- p. 95
- Stone and Roses
- p. 97
- Fiddler Dow
- pp. 98-101
- The Old Man of Thorn
- pp. 102-104
- A Dead Romanticist
- p. 106
- The Demon Brother
- pp. 107-108
- Spoken at a Castle Gate
- pp. 110-111
- Part V. The Tall Men
- Prologue: The Long Street
- pp. 115-116
- The Tall Men
- pp. 117-125
- The Sod of Battlefields
- pp. 126-132
- Geography of the Brain
- pp. 133-142
- The Faring
- pp. 143-156
- Conversation in a Bedroom
- pp. 157-166
- The Breaking Mould
- pp. 167-172
- Epithalamion
- pp. 173-178
- Epilogue: Fire on Belmont Street
- pp. 179-182
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816662074
Related ISBN(s)
9780816668526
MARC Record
OCLC
564648584
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No