The Poems of J. V. Cunningham

by J.V. Cunningham and Timothy Steele

The lifework in verse of one of the century's finest and liveliest American poets, this collection of the poems of J. V. Cunningham (1911-85) documents the poet's development from his early days as an experimental modernist during the Depression to his emergence as the master of the classical "plain style"--distinguished by its wit, feeling, and subtlety. Often identified with the epigram--a genre in which he excelled as distinctively as Jonson, Herrick,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804009988
• ISBN13: 9780804009980
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Swallow Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"