Villanelles

Hardback

Main Details

Title Villanelles
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Various
Edited by Annie Finch
Edited by Marie-Elizabeth Mali
SeriesEveryman's Library POCKET POETS
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 165,Width 115
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781841597928
ClassificationsDewey:821.008
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Everyman
Imprint Everyman's Library
Publication Date 30 March 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The first of its kind - a comprehensive collection of the best of the villanelle - the third most popular verse form after the sonnet and the haiku. With its intricate rhyme scheme and dance-like pattern of repeated lines, its marriage of recurrence and surprise, the villanelle has fascinated poets ever since it was introduced almost two centuries ago. Many well-known names in the past have tried their hand at it, and the villanelle is enjoying a revival among writers today. The poems collected here range from the classic villanelles of the nineteenth century - by Thomas Hardy, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Oscar Wilde and others - to such famous and memorable examples as Dylan Thomas's 'Do not go gentle into that good night,' Elizabeth Bishop's 'One Art' and Sylvia Plath's 'Mad Girl's Love Song'. Here too are the cutting-edge works of contemporary poets, including Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, Sherman Alexie and Rita Dove, demonstrating the dazzling variety that can be found within the parameters of a single strict poetic form.

Author Biography

Various (Author) Various