NEW DIRECTIONS POETRY CLASSICS
Go·ttfried
Benn / Primal Vision
A representative selection from the writings of the great German poet.
Poetry (bilingual) and prose. Edited by E. B. Ashton. $4.75
Henri Michaux / Selected Writings
Poetry
&
prose from
L'Espace du Dedans.
Translated, with an intro–
duction by Richard EHmann. Bilingual edition. $5.00; $2.75 (Paperbook)
Eugenio Montale / Selected Poems
First American publication of a major contemporary Italian poet.
Bilingual edition. $5.00; $2.25 (Paperbook)
George Oppen / Of Being Numerous
"This is Oppen's fourth book of poetry and his best.
Ignatow,
The New Leader
$4.25; $1.45 (Paperbook)
Kenneth Patchen / Collected Poems
."-David
The life work of a major American poet. "There is more verve and more
variety in Patchen's work than in any other living American poet's
entire output...."-Louis Untermeyer $12.50
Carl Rakosi / Amulet
A selection of old and new poems. "His special talent lies in his ability
to net ... a butterfly world of sound and color."- Gloria Levitas,
Book
World
$4.50; $1.50 (Paperbook)
Kenneth Rexroth
Collected Longer
P'oems /
Collected Shorter Poems
Four decades of Rexroth's poetry
in
matching volumes. "A poet of rare
depth, range and power; it is not too much to say he is one of a handful
of American poets who deserve to be called great."-Robert Kirsch,
L05
Angeles Times
$7.50 each.
Delmore Schwartz / Selected Poems: Summer Knowledge
"His poetry is dark and crude but crawling with force, like pitchblende.
It is unlikely that it will be forgotten."-Kenneth Koch,
N. Y. Timel
$1.75 (Paperbook)
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