Last Lines: Essays on Poets and Poetry

by Helen Vendler

The great critic's final word on the poems and poets who have meant the most to her

Thirteen brilliant late essays gathered in this farewell book, an unexpected gift to readers

Helen Vendler was our greatest reader of poetry, a scholar who illuminiated its inner mechanisms and emotional roots for a wide audience. The thirteen poignant essays gathered here were all published in the last three years of Vendler's life, in Liberties...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598538276
• ISBN13: 9781598538274
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.