书目

AmericanaandOtherPoems

内容简介

JohnUpdike'sfirstcollectionofversesincehisCollectedPoems，1953-1993bringstogetherfifty-eightpoems，threeofthemofconsiderablelength.Thefoursectionstakeup，inorder：America，itscitiesandairplanes;thepoet'slife，hischildhood，birthdays，andailments;foreigntravel，toEuropeandthetropics;and，beginningwiththelong"SongofMyself，"dailylife，itsfurnitureandconsolations.ThereislittleofthelightversewithwhichMr.Updikebeganhiswritingcareernearlyfiftyyearsago，butalighttouchcanbefeltinhisnimblemanipulationoftheghostsofmetricorder，inhiscaressingofthelivingtexturesofthings，andinhisreluctancetowavegoodbyetoitall.

作者简介

JohnUpdikewasbornin1932,inShillington,Pennsylvania.HegraduatedfromHarvardCollegein1954,andspentayearinOxford,England,attheRuskinSchoolofDrawingandFineArt.From1955to1957hewasamemberofthestaffofTheNewYorker.Heistheauthorofmorethanfiftybooks,includingcollectionsofshortstories,poems,essays,andcriticism.HisnovelshavewonthePulitzerPrize(twice),theNationalBookAward,theNationalBookCriticsCircleAward,andtheHowellsMedal.,,

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