American Poetry

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John Hollander
Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2004 - 48 pages
"I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear..."" --Walt Whitman"
"American Poetry" offers a collection of 26 verses by our finest poets, all with their unique perspective on the land they loved and accompanied by remarkable paintings that enhance the meaning of the words. Here, beautifully illustrated, are such unforgettable works as Robert Frost's pensive "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," Ralph Waldo Emerson's powerful "Concord Hymn," Langston Hughes' majestic "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," Carl Sandburg's "Jazz Fantasia," and Maya Angelou's "Harlem Hopscotch." Of course, some poems are just sheer fun--especially the beloved ode to our national pastime, "Casey at the Bat."

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Contents

I
4
II
8
III
12
IV
14
VI
15
VII
16
VIII
18
IX
20
XVIII
34
XIX
35
XX
36
XXI
38
XXII
39
XXIII
40
XXIV
41
XXVI
42

XI
22
XII
23
XIII
24
XIV
27
XV
28
XVI
30
XXVII
43
XXVIII
44
XXIX
45
XXX
46
XXXI
48
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John Hollander has edited several Everyman's Library Pocket Poet volumes, including "Robert Frost", "Christmas Poems", "War Poems", "Marriage Poems", "Animal Poems", & "Garden Poems". He is the A. Bartlett Biamatti Professor of English at Yale University, & the author of numerous books of poetry & criticism. He was made a MacArthur Fellow in 1990.

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