{"product_id":"poems-9780691602592","title":"Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alvin Feinman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume of Alvin Feinman's poems presents a highly praised earlier work, \u003ci\u003ePreambles and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, combined with more recent poems. Of \u003ci\u003ePreambles\u003c\/i\u003e Allen Tate wrote, \"This is a remarkable first book. . . . There is an acute and subtle sensibility at work. 'Pilgrim Heights' is one of the best poems by an American that I have seen in many years.' \" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \"Pilgrim Heights\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomething, something, the heart here\u003cbr\u003eMisses, something it knows it needs\u003cbr\u003eUnable to bless--the wind passes;\u003cbr\u003eA swifter shadow sweeps the reeds, \u003cbr\u003eThe heart a colder contrast brushes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo this fool, face-forward, belly\u003cbr\u003ePressed among the rushes, plays out\u003cbr\u003eHis pulse to the dune's long slant\u003cbr\u003eDown from blue to bluer element, \u003cbr\u003eThe bold encompassing drink of air \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd namelessness, a length compound\u003cbr\u003eOf want and oneness the shore's mumbling\u003cbr\u003eDistantly tells--something a wing's\u003cbr\u003eDry pivot stresses, carved\u003cbr\u003eThrough barrens of stillness and glare. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1990. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePrinceton Legacy Library\u003c\/b\u003e uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47813372182679,"sku":"9780691602592","price":3775.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691602592.webp?v=1778335506","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/poems-9780691602592","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}