W.S. Merwin remains an active and highly influential poet. He has won a number of prizes and has served as Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets. Poems such as "The Drunk in the Furnace," "For the Anniversary of My Death," and "The River of Bees" are covered in this volume.
Contents
Biography of W.S. Merwin
Critical Analysis of ?The Drunk in the Furnace?
Critical Views on ?The Drunk in the Furnace?
Richard Howard on the Poem?s Chaos
Cheri Davis on the Poem as Merwin?s Metaphorical Home
Cary Nelson on Merwin?s Repudiation of Early Style
Edward J. Brunner on Exclusion
H.L. Hix Disputes the Role of Merwin?s Family in the Poem
Critical Analysis of ?For the Anniversary of My Death?
Critical Views on ?For the Anniversary of My Death?
Richard Howard on Prophetic Voice
Cheri Davis on Apocalyptic Deja-vu
Mark Christhilf on Merwin?s Idea of Life as Temporary Condition
Marjorie Perloff on Order in the Poem
Edward J. Brunner on the Poem?s Merger of Future and Past
Michael W. Thomas on Paradox in the Poem
Critical Analysis of ?The River of Bees?
Critical Views on ?The River of Bees?
Jarold Ramsey on Merwin?s Search for the Self?s Lost Integrity
Edward J. Brunner on the Poem as Elegy
H.L. Hix on Merwin?s Rejection of Natural Heirarchy
Critical Analysis of ?The Asians Dying?
Critical Views on ?The Asians Dying?
Jan B. Gordon on Ruin
L. Edwin Folsom on Implicit Imperialism
Marjorie Perloff on Strangeness and Clarity in Merwin?s Work
William H. Rueckert on Merwin?s Political Poems
Cary Nelson on the Poem?s Echoes
Edward J. Brunner on Death as a Human Link
Critical Analysis of ?Departure?s Girl-Friend?
Critical Views on ?Departure?s Girl-Friend?
Kenneth Andersen on Merwin?s Developing Concern with Motion
Mark Christhilf on the Artist?s Struggle
Edward J. Brunner on the Poem as a Breakthrough
Works by W.S. Merwin
