(New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984).

 The melancholy grandeur of Robert Lowell. Sylvia Plath s fierce mythology of injury and self-destruction. The casual perfection of Elizabeth Bishop. The ecstatic sprawl of Allen Ginsberg. In this generous anthology, Joel Conarroe has assembled the work of eight poets who have shaped - and to some extent defined - American verse since 1940. The 164 selections in  Eight American Poets include widely anthologized works like Theodore Roethke s  My Papa s Waltz, several of John Berryman s  Dream Songs, James Merrill s  Lost in Translation, and Anne Sexton s  Ringing the Bells, as well as poems that are less familiar but just as haunting. -publisher. Item #15239

First Vintage Paperback Edition. 8vo, original wraps. xxiv, 306, 2 ads. Very good condition.