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- catalog abstract "An intimately perceptive account, by a poet who knew them all, of the brilliant circle of poets who lived and worked in Boston through the half-decade beginning in 1955. That was the year Peter Davison, coming to Boston as a book editor, was swept up in a world - in a tumult - of poetry. He rediscovered his father's old friend Robert Frost. He briefly squired Sylvia Plath. He came to know Robert Lowell (whose poems and private disasters dominated the period) and Adrienne Rich, Stanley Kunitz, Richard Wilbur, Anne Sexton, W.S. Merwin, and others who, closely bound together in friendship or rivalry or both, defined the shape of American poetry at mid-century. Through their eyes as well as his own, and often in their words, Davison presents a sharply fresh vision of the shift from confidence to a troubled questioning that overtook America - a transformation that was, in a sense, foreshadowed in the sensibilities, in the writings, sometimes in the lives, of some of our finest poets.".
- catalog contributor b6400335.
- catalog coverage "Boston (Mass.) In literature.".
- catalog coverage "Boston (Mass.) Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "An intimately perceptive account, by a poet who knew them all, of the brilliant circle of poets who lived and worked in Boston through the half-decade beginning in 1955. That was the year Peter Davison, coming to Boston as a book editor, was swept up in a world - in a tumult - of poetry. He rediscovered his father's old friend Robert Frost. He briefly squired Sylvia Plath. He came to know Robert Lowell (whose poems and private disasters dominated the period) and Adrienne Rich, Stanley Kunitz, Richard Wilbur, Anne Sexton, W.S. Merwin, and others who, closely bound together in friendship or rivalry or both, defined the shape of American poetry at mid-century. Through their eyes as well as his own, and often in their words, Davison presents a sharply fresh vision of the shift from confidence to a troubled questioning that overtook America - a transformation that was, in a sense, foreshadowed in the sensibilities, in the writings, sometimes in the lives, of some of our finest poets.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-311) includes index.".
- catalog description "Prelude: The Vortex, April 1959 -- 1. The State of the Art in Boston, 1955 -- 2. The Narrator, 1955-1993 -- 3. Speak of the World's Own Change: Richard Wilbur, 1955-1957 -- 4. In Search of Ararat: W.S. Merwin, 1956-1959 -- 5. Country Matters: Maxine Kumin, Donald Hall, Philip Booth, 1955-1960 -- 6. A New Skin: Anne Sexton, 1956-1961 -- 7. Your Day Approaches: Sylvia Plath, 1957-1959 -- 8. More Merciless to Herself Than History: Adrienne Rich, 1955-1960 -- 9. Mark Time: L.E. Sissman, 1956-1963 -- 10. Be Patient with My Wound: Stanley Kunitz, 1958-1959 -- 11. Out of Bounds: Robert Lowell, 1955-1960.".
- catalog extent "viii, 346 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Fading smile.".
- catalog identifier "0679406581 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fading smile.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
- catalog relation "Fading smile.".
- catalog spatial "Boston (Mass.) In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Boston (Mass.) Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Boston".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Boston.".
- catalog subject "811/.5409974461 20".
- catalog subject "American poetry 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American poetry Massachusetts Boston History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Davison, Peter Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "Davison, Peter, 1928- Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "PS255.B6 D38 1994".
- catalog subject "Poets, American Homes and haunts Massachusetts Boston.".
- catalog subject "Poets, American Massachusetts Boston Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prelude: The Vortex, April 1959 -- 1. The State of the Art in Boston, 1955 -- 2. The Narrator, 1955-1993 -- 3. Speak of the World's Own Change: Richard Wilbur, 1955-1957 -- 4. In Search of Ararat: W.S. Merwin, 1956-1959 -- 5. Country Matters: Maxine Kumin, Donald Hall, Philip Booth, 1955-1960 -- 6. A New Skin: Anne Sexton, 1956-1961 -- 7. Your Day Approaches: Sylvia Plath, 1957-1959 -- 8. More Merciless to Herself Than History: Adrienne Rich, 1955-1960 -- 9. Mark Time: L.E. Sissman, 1956-1963 -- 10. Be Patient with My Wound: Stanley Kunitz, 1958-1959 -- 11. Out of Bounds: Robert Lowell, 1955-1960.".
- catalog title "The fading smile : poets in Boston, 1955-1960 from Robert Frost to Robert Lowell to Sylvia Plath / Peter Davison.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".