- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: University Press Of New England (Feb 10 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0819522600
- ISBN-13: 978-0819522603
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 304 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,332,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"For years we have needed a judicious selection from the poems of James Dickey, a book that would bring new readers to the best of his work. With generosity and tact, Robert Kirschten has given us that book." (David Mason )
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James Dickey: The Selected Poems is the first book to collect James Dickey's very best poems. Like many visionary poets of the ecstatic imagination, Dickey experimented in a wide variety of literary styles. This volume brings together the finest work from each of the periods in Dickey's extremely controversial career. For over three decades, until his death in 1997, Dickey was one of the nation's most important poets; these are the poems that brought him a popular readership and critical acclaim.
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If you like To The White Sea. . .,
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This review is from: James Dickey: The Selected Poems (Paperback)
If you enjoy To The White Sea, you've got to read some of these poems. Especially those included in 'Buckdancer's Choice,' which won the National Book Award. The Firebombing is classic Dickey, somewhere between his worlds of the modern South and South Pacific fighter pilots. BRILLIANT
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The author of Deliverance was a poet?,
By doc peterson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: James Dickey: The Selected Poems (Paperback)
James Dickey came to my attention through his poem "The Bee" (still a favorite) - only later did I learn he was also the author of _Deliverance_, which surprised me, although in the opposite manner for those more familar with the film than his poetry. That he is able to do both - write narratives and poetry - so well is testament to his literary prowess.Dickey is a masculine poet. That is to say, many of his poems will undoubtedly appeal more to men than women, and many of his subjects are masculine-oriented. "Drinking From a Helmet" and "The Firebombing" tell of his experiences in World War II (no machismo here - rather the simple, sad reflections on the pointlessness of destruction, but still a clearly masculine voice), "False Youth" gives us a glimpse at Dickey in late-middle age, a little slower, clothes a little tighter. "The Bee", though, remains with me. A few lines to give you a sense of his style: "Old wingback, come To life. If your knee action is high Enough, the fat may fall in time G - D You, Dickey *dig* this is your last time to cut And run, but you must give it everything you have Left, for screaming near your screaming child is the sheer Murder of California traffic: some bee hangs driving Your child Blindly onto the highway. Get there however Is still possible. ..." The frantic, heart-racing panic a parent feels for a child is communicated with an immeadiacy and clarity that forces you to relive the moment - it is a powerful poem. Would Dickey appeal to female readers? Certainly - but there is no escaping the gender in his voice. I realize that for some "poetry" and "masculinity" may appear to be an oxymoron. I disagree. Certainly Dickey will not be to everyone's taste, and some of his poems are a bit heavy on the testosterone and too flavored of the south ("Buckdancer's Choice" is an example of this); to be honest, I don't like *every* poem in the collection. On the balance, though, there are more good poems - honest poems - than bad. |
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