{"product_id":"the-philosophers-window-other-poems-9780811213004","title":"The Philosopher's Window \u0026 Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Allen Grossman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe speaker of \u003cem\u003eThe Philosopher's Window and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, Allen Grossman tells us, is \"an old man compelled by the insistent questioning of the children to \u003cem\u003eexplain\u003c\/em\u003e himself\"--and in this way, the world. He begins with creation (\"The Great Work Farm Elegy\"), recalls the romantic quest of youth (\"The Philosopher's Window\"), returns to reality (\"The Snowfall\" and \"Whoever Builds\"). His tales told, the old man wakes in a stormy springtime (\"June, June\"), \"when the lilacs are gone.\" Grossman's allegory of life's journey, at once sonorous and antic, takes in the high and the low in these new visionary songs of innocence and experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllen Grossman is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at The Johns Hopkins University. He counts among his many honors and awards MacArthur, Guggenheim, and NEA fellowships, the Witter Bynner Prize for Poetry, and the PEN-Sheaffer\/New England Award for Literary Distinction. \u003cem\u003eThe Philosopher's Window\u003c\/em\u003e is his eighth book of poetry. His previous collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Ether Dome \u0026amp; Other Poems New and Selected\u003c\/em\u003e (1991), was a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892458635415,"sku":"9780811213004","price":1053.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780811213004.webp?v=1781187080","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-philosophers-window-other-poems-9780811213004","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}