Sentenced to life : poems 2011-2014 / Clive James
- Bib ID:
- 7295036
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- James, Clive, 1939-2019, author
- Uniform Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Description:
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- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2016
- ©2015
- x, 59 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBN:
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- 1631491725 ((hardcover))
- 9781631491726 ((hardcover))
- Summary:
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"Represent[s] the very best work James has ever done in verse."--Jason Guriel, New Republic. In this new collection of "technically and emotionally heart-stopping poems" (Spectator)--including "Japanese Maple," which was published in The New Yorker to great acclaim--Clive James looks back over an extraordinarily rich life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty. There are regrets but no trace of self-pity in these verses, which--for all their grappling with death and illness--are primarily a celebration of what is treasurable and memorable in our time here. Again and again, James reminds us that he is not only a poet of effortless wit and lyric accomplishment but also an immensely wise one, who delights in using poetic form to bring a razor-sharp focus to his thought. Miraculously, these poems see James writing with his insight and energy not just undiminished but positively charged by his situation. The poems of Sentenced to Life represent a career high point for one of the greatest literary intellects of our age.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2089 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2019
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2015
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