Poems - by Alvin Feinman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This volume of Alvin Feinman's poems presents a highly praised earlier work, <i>Preambles and Other Poems</i>, combined with more recent poems. Of <i>Preambles</i> Allen Tate wrote, "This is a remarkable first book. . . . There is an acute and subtle sensibility at work. 'Pilgrim Heights' is one of the best poems by an American that I have seen in many years.' " <p/>From "Pilgrim Heights" <p/>Something, something, the heart here<br>Misses, something it knows it needs<br>Unable to bless--the wind passes;<br>A swifter shadow sweeps the reeds, <br>The heart a colder contrast brushes. <p/>So this fool, face-forward, belly<br>Pressed among the rushes, plays out<br>His pulse to the dune's long slant<br>Down from blue to bluer element, <br>The bold encompassing drink of air <p/>And namelessness, a length compound<br>Of want and oneness the shore's mumbling<br>Distantly tells--something a wing's<br>Dry pivot stresses, carved<br>Through barrens of stillness and glare. <p/>Originally published in 1990. <p/>The <b>Princeton Legacy Library</b> uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>"I've known Alvin Feinman's poems for more than thirty years now, and some of them are always in my mind and ear: 'Preambles, ' 'Pilgrim Heights, ' 'This Tree, ' 'November Sunday Morning, ' 'Circumferences, ' and several more. Because his poetry has been so sparse, Feinman found only a small audience, but they have been select, skilled, and faithful readers. The best of his poems stand with the most achieved work of his generation, with the best of Ashbery, Merrill, Ammons, Hollander, and only a few others."<b>--Harold Bloom</b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"I've known Alvin Feinman's poems for more than thirty years now, and some of them are always in my mind and ear: 'Preambles, ' 'Pilgrim Heights, ' 'This Tree, ' 'November Sunday Morning, ' 'Circumferences, ' and several more. Because his poetry has been so sparse, Feinman found only a small audience, but they have been select, skilled, and faithful readers. The best of his poems stand with the most achieved work of his generation, with the best of Ashbery, Merrill, Ammons, Hollander, and only a few others."<b>--Harold Bloom</b><br>
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