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Collected Earlier Poems of Anthony Hecht The Complete Texts of the Hard Hours, Millions of Strange Shadows, and the Venetian Vespers

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ISBN-10: 0679733574

ISBN-13: 9780679733577

Edition: 2009

Authors: Anthony Hecht

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 THE VENETIAN VESPERS (1979)“In its clear-eyed mercy toward human weakness, Anthony Hecht’s poetry goes from strength to strength. The Venetian Vespersis at once an intense corroboration and an ample extension of his subtle, supple talents.  Nothing humane is alien to him…  There is a handful of short poems that are fostered alike by beauty and fear.  But it is the four long poems that confirm Hecht as a poet of the widest apprehensions and comprehension, and this without the gigantism that so haunts American poetic ambition.” —Christopher Ricks,The New York Times Book Review MILLIONS OF STRANGE SHADOWS (1977)“The high artistry of Anthony Hecht has been to nurture his own gift, and to work…    
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Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/25/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.82" wide x 9.24" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English