Doveglion: Collected Poems
Collected Poems
$40.18
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
29 July 2008
Summary
The renowned modernist poet of experiment and innovation, known as “The Pope of Greenwich Village,” and a pioneer of Filipino American poetry. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his first U.S. poetry collection published in 1942, Villa was admired for “the reverence, the raptness, the depth of concentration in his bravely deep poems” (Marianne Moore).
Doveglion (Villa’s pen name, a fusion of dove, eagle, and lion) contains Villa’s collected poetry, including rare and previ…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143105350 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143105353 |
| Author: | Jose Garcia Villa, John Edwin Cowen, Luis H. Francia |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 29 July 2008 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 127mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Villa seems to me to possess one of the purest and most natural gifts discoverable anywhere in contemporary poetry.
? Villa seems to me to possess one of the purest and most natural gifts discoverable anywhere in contemporary poetry.? ?Mark Van Doren ? [Villa is] a poet with a great, even an astounding, and perfectly original gift… . The best of his poems are among the most beautiful written in our time.? ?Edith SitwellVilla seems to me to possess one of the purest and most natural gifts discoverable anywhere in contemporary poetry. Mark Van Doren [Villa is] a poet with a great, even an astounding, and perfectly original gift… . The best of his poems are among the most beautiful written in our time. Edith Sitwella Villa seems to me to possess one of the purest and most natural gifts discoverable anywhere in contemporary poetry.a aMark Van Doren a [Villa is] a poet with a great, even an astounding, and perfectly original gift… . The best of his poems are among the most beautiful written in our time.a aEdith Sitwell
About The Author
Jose Garcia Villa
Jose Garcia Villa (1908-1997) was a Filipino poet, writer, and critic. He used the pen name “Doveglion,” which was a combination of the words “dove,” “eagle,” and “lion” and was what he believed was his true persona. His notable works include The Anchored Angel, The Emperor’s New Sonnet, and Footnote to Youth.
John Edwin Cowen is a poet as well as a professor of literacy and education at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. His collection of poetry, Mathematics of Love- Poems by John Edwin Cowen, was published in 2011. He also edited Doveglion- The Collected Poems of Jose Garcia Villa.
Luis H. Francia is a writer and professor with Hunter College’s Asian American Studies department. His writing has appeared in various publications. His works include Eve of the Fish- A Personal Archipelago, The Artic Archipelago, and Museum of Absence. Additionally, he coedited Flippin’- Filipinos on America, Vestiges of War- The Philippine-American War and the Aftermath of an Imperial Dream, 1899-1999.
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