Description
Book SynopsisRobinson Jeffers (1887-1962) is not only the greatest poet that California (and indeed the American West) has produced but a major poet of the twentieth century who occupies a prominent place in the tradition of American prophetic poetry.
Jeffers consciously set himself apart from the poetry of his generationby physical isolation at his home in Carmel, by his unusual poetic form, and by his stance as an anti-modernist. Yet his work represents a profound, and profoundly original, artistic response to problems that shaped modernist poetry and that still perplex poets today; how to reconcile scientific and artistic discourses and modes of vision; how to connect present-day experience to myths perceived as lying at the origins of human culture; how to renew the poetic language and how (or whether) to present art''s claim to moral, spiritual, or epistemological seriousness within representations of modern phenomena.
For Jeffers, as for no other important modern American poet,
Trade Review
"Jeffers' material is uncompromising, yet perspicacious and notable. This collection is one worthwhile volume of five in a single comprehensive edition of his work."—Journal of the West
"These five volumes, handsomely produced, do full justice to Jeffers's powerfu work."—Interdiciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
Table of Contents
Foreword Albert Gelpi Preface Introduction 1. All flesh is grass 2. The wine cup of this fury 3. And after the fire a still small voice 4. The horseleech hath two daughters Conclusion The poet is dead Notes Index.
