{"product_id":"9781556592171","title":"The Complete Poems of Kenneth Rexroth","description":"Author: Kenneth Rexroth\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781556592171\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Dec 2004\u003cbr\u003ePages: 900 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Complete Poems of Kenneth Rexroth\u003c\/i\u003e assembles all of his published longer and shorter poems, and includes a never-before-published selection of his earliest work. Rexroth's poems of nature and protest are remarkable for their erudition and biting social and political commentary; his love poems justly celebrated for their eroticism and depth of feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth edition was one of the most widely reviewed poetry titles in 2003:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Scholars and critics who endeavor to discuss mid-20th century American poetry responsibly ignore Rexroth at their peril.\"-\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, cover feature and selected as a Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rexroth is probably best known as the 'Father of the Beat Generation.' These poems reveal that great beauty lies beyond that cliche.\"-NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rexroth's prodigious breadth of learning, his hungry attention to the natural world, his contempt for warmongering and his profound, occasionally overlapping love of women are all on flourishing display.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rexroth never mistook his poetry for a product, and he could present ideas and images in an urgent, memorable and eloquent way.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rexroth is one of the most readable and rewarding 20th-century American poets.\"-\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth Rexroth\u003c\/b\u003e (19051982) was one of the world's great literary minds. In addition to being a poet, translator, essayist and teacher, he helped found the San Francisco Poetry Center and influenced generations of readers with his \u003ci\u003eClassics Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920581148830,"sku":"ING-9781556592171","price":71.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781556592171.jpg?v=1782824808","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781556592171","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}