Poems of Denise Levertov, 1960-1967

by Denise Levertov

Book Overview

Denise Levertov's Poems 1960-1967 brings together all of the poetry first published in The Jacob's Ladder (1961), O Taste and See (1964), and The Sorrow Dance (1967). This new compilation, beginning where her Collected Earlier Poems 1940-1960 (New Directions, 1979) left off, shows both a refining of the poet's craft and a widening of her concerns." We are living our whole lives in a state of emergency," she wrote in 1967. Levertov's staunch antiwar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811208591
• ISBN13: 9780811208598
• Release Date: May 1983
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent poetic compilation

Although varied in style, the poems collected herein comprise an exceptionally consistent and candid view into the mind of Levertov. A must read for anyone interested in her works. A must read for anyone interested in modern poetry.