| Poems of the American South (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) By Paula R. Backscheider |
| 0375712445 |
| 9780375712449 |
| English |
| 256 |
| Hardcover |
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This one of a kind collection of poems about the American South ranges over four centuries of its dramatic history The arc of poetry of the South from slave songs to Confederate hymns to Civil War ballads from Reconstruction turmoil to the Agrarian movement to the dazzling poetry of the New South is richly varied and historically vibrant No other region of the United States has been as mythologized as the South nor contained as many fascinating beguiling and sometimes infuriating contradictions Poems of the American South includes poems both by Southerners and by famous observers of the South who hailed from elsewhere These range from Herman Melville Walt Whitman Edgar Allan Poe and Francis Scott Key through Langston Hughes Robert Penn Warren Wallace Stevens Elizabeth Bishop James Dickey and Donald Justice and include a host of living poets as Wendell Berry Rita Dove Sandra Cisneros Yusef Komunyakaa Naomi Shihab Nye C D Wright Natasha Trethewey and many Organized thematically the anthology places poems from past centuries in fruitful dialogue with a diverse array of modern voices who are redefining the South with a verve that is reinvigorating American poetry as a whole Poems of the American South Everyman s Library Pocket Poets Series 
I picked this book up for two reasons both of them shallow One being the cover is just gorgeous The second one this poetry anthology is part of my favorite series Everyman s Library Pocket Poets I own a bunch of books from this series. Poems of the american south pdf ks2 Unfortunately though this particular anthology didn t really strike a chord with me There were several poems I liked of course But much fewer than I ve come to expect when reading poetry collections The poems seemed to be picked for their subject matter rather than their power A lot of them were focused on specific geographical places but rather than help me discover those far off towns the poems seemed to rely on the reader already knowing and caring about them So those places stayed unfamiliar and foreign to me after I read the poems. Poems of the American southill dental Most of the poets in the collection were unknown to me and their works included didn t induce me to want to become acquainted with their other poems I took this book on a work trip to Portugal Unfortunately one day I left my stuff too close to the ocean A big wave drenched everything my clothes shoes passport money phone and Poems of the American South I was very upset because at the time I was only 30 pages in and it was so pretty Fortunately the stuff was rescued and dried up quickly and though the volume is not what it used to be it was still readable so I finished it I love it for its fortitude in the face of hardship Anyway I would recommend this collection to someone who is from or just a fan of the South to begin with 256 This summer the family drove the full stretch of the historic Natchez Trace Parkway starting in Nashville and ending in Natchez Mississippi This beautiful book of poetry was my companion through the South The Trace is a federal park beautiful scenery no commercial traffic no billboards Just a slowly changing landscape rolling hills rivers fields cypress swamps The view matched the poetry and it was a wonderful reading experience It s brilliant that the book was not organized by author type of poetry or date but by region 256 This is a fine book of American poetry I m not a big fan of the American South so I chose this book with some trepidation I didn t want bible thumping or antebellum nonsense And the editor of this anthology did a great job avoiding these and selecting the interesting poems My favorite is probably Burned Man by David Huddle which tells the story of a man badly burned in a factory accident Phillis Levin s Elegy for a Magnolia the tree happens to be in New Jersey Ray Gonzalez s Rattlesnakes Hammered on the Wall and Natasha Trethewey s Flounder are all exceptional poems In fact I like all of Trethewey s poems in this slim volume It helps to know something about her to appreciate them Of course all the Langston Hughes poems are worth reading Then there are some clinkers Frank Stanford s The Gospel Bird way too weird and abstruse for my taste was my least favorite C D Wright s The Ozark Odes composed of snippets of poetry and other oddities left me cold But the number of poems I liked far exceeded those I didn t The volumes in the Pocket Poets have been uniformly excellent This one is not different I found one typo in this book The first I ve encountered This volume does well highlighting a region of the country with a checkered history Recommended 256 i picked up this book at a local bookstore in new orleans in the middle of a hot summer and i couldn t be happier about it i read it sparingly over several months you know in the true southern drawling way i m biased but i would recommend this collection to everyone this combines classic contemporary poetry showcasing all the diversity and complexity the american south holds i would recommend it especially to people who are not from or have spent a significant time in the south the american south is charming corrupted haunted beautiful ugly and everything in between and you will be different for having explored whether that be with your heart your eyes but it takes a lot for me to love it This was a mix of wonderful and just okay Overall for an impulse library pickup it was good I also obviously need to read poetry 256 esp p 207 256 Gorgeous collection purchased in New Orleans on a perfect trip Perfect compilation of the complexities of the South When we were driving down we kept morale high through Alabama and Mississippi reminding ourselves that a guy at a gas station told us that you enter New Orleans through the world s longest land bridge One night I stopped by a guy at a typewriter on Bourbon Street who wrote me what is in earnest one of the most beautiful poems in the world to me Then we trudged back to Virginia 256 Really enjoyed some glazed over during others Unfortunately rather skimpy on the Tarheels section 256 I really love this book of poetry I bought it because there are so many Southern authors of literature that I love and thought I d enjoy poems about the South Of course I really like the Langston Hughes ones and there were a lot of new discoveries too My favorites Shiloh by Herman Melville Birmingham Sunday by Langston Hughes Orange Buds by Mail front Florida by Walt Whitman and The Blue Terrance by Terrance Hayes There s a lot of variety of styles and themes here combining to form an interesting perspective of the South 256.
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Or both but explore it nonetheless 256 This is mostly an excellent collection of poems The clear winners are 1 Jerry Lee Lewis Plays, Poems of the American South book 1 by Bobby Rogers Great storytelling2 Shilohby Melville Inspired me to read up on this battle 3 Remarks on Colorby CD Wright Poetry as numbered list Brilliant: Poems of the american south pdf ks2 by Rodney Jones Great poem about passings in life Time s arrow. Poems of the American South bookworm Anyway the idea of this collection sounded intriguing Having read several notoriously southern novels this year I wanted to explore the topic further.4 Sweep.5 The Ozark Odesby CD Wright Awesome setting and descriptions.6 Elegy for a Magnolia