Learning Human (Hardcover) ~ Les A. Murray (Author) Cover Art

Learning Human (Hardcover)

By: Les A. Murray (Author)

More About this Product
List Price: $27.00
Tower Price: $22.83
You Save: $4.17 (16%)
Add to BagAdd to Bag Click to go directly to the checkout.
This item qualifies for FREE Shop N' Save Shipping for orders over $25. Check individual shipping price. *Some Restrictions Apply.
Availability: In Stock
Also Available in: [Paperback]
Share This:
Add To KaboodleAdd To Kaboodle  Submit To Digg!Submit To Digg!  Share On FacebookShare On Facebook  Add to FavoritesAdd to Favorites  TwitterTwitter 

Product Description

Run a Quick Search on "Learning Human" by Les A. Murray to Browse Related Products:

Browse more products related to "Learning Human"

Browse more products related to "Les A. Murray"

Review

"It is poetry of dramatic human substance, filled with a greater variety of characters and attitudes than most lyric can generate."

"[W]hen, with Whitmanesque verve, he [Murray]sings out the rifts and pockets of the Australian landscape or gives voice to its indigenous chants, he shows himself to be a necessary poetic intelligence, one that has ventured far on the prow of his continent and made its language his own."

Publisher's note

A Collection of Les Murray's poetry that reveals the variety, intensity, and generosity of this great Australian poet's work.
I starred last night, I shone:
I was footwork and firework in one,
a rocket that wriggled up and shot
darkness with a parasol of brilliants
and a peewee descant on a flung bit . . .
-from "Performance"
Les Murray is as keenly admired as any poet working today. Joseph Brodsky called him simply "the one by whom the language lives." Harold Bloom has compared him to Walt Whitman, as well as to John Ashbery and A. R. Ammons, adding: "I can think of no American poet of Murray's own generation who is his equal in range, intensity, and the absolute joy of being."
Selected Poems includes the strongest poems from each of Murray's books of poems so far-The Ilex Tree (1965), The Weatherboard Cathedral (1969), Poems Against Economics (1972), Lunch and Counter Lunch (1974), Ethnic Radio (1977), The People's Otherworld (1983), The Daylight Moon (1987), Dog Fox Field (1992), Translations from the Natural World (1992), and Subhuman Redneck Poems (1996)-along with a dozen new poems. It is the best opportunity yet for American readers to encounter the poetry of this eloquent and moving writer.
Les Murray lives in rural New South Wales, where he was born in 1938. FSG has published six of his books, most recently his verse novel Fredy Neptune (1999).

Annotation

Here, Murray, a leading Australian poet, collects a sampling of his verse published between the 1960s and the 1990s. His evocations of the Australian land and people offer readers a glimpse of Australian history through critically acclaimed poetry.

If You Enjoy "Learning Human (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:

 [Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Paperback) ~ Elizabeth Barrett Brown... Cover Art
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Paperback) ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Au... ]
 [The Waste Land and Other Writings (Hardcover) ~ T. S. Eliot (Author) Cover Art
The Waste Land and Other Writings (Hardcover) ~ T. S. Eliot (Author) ]
 [The Half-Inch Himalayas (Paperback) ~ Shahid Ali Agha (Author) Cover Art
The Half-Inch Himalayas (Paperback) ~ Shahid Ali Agha (Author) ]
 [Flowing, Still: Irish Poets on Irish Poetry (Paperback) ~ Pat Bo... Cover Art
Flowing, Still: Irish Poets on Irish Poetry (Paperback) ~ Pat Boran (Author) ]
 [Poemas de Lord Byron (Paperback) ~ George Gordon Byron Byron (Aut... Cover Art
Poemas de Lord Byron (Paperback) ~ George Gordon Byron Byron (Aut... ]
 [The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems: Being a Selection fr... Cover Art
The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems: Being a Selection from the Poetical Works of James Thomson (Paperback) ~ James Thomson (Author) ]
 [A Painted Field (Paperback) ~ Robin Robertson (Author) Cover Art
A Painted Field (Paperback) ~ Robin Robertson (Author) ]
 [Reading David Jones (Paperback) ~ Thomas Dilworth (Author) Cover Art
Reading David Jones (Paperback) ~ Thomas Dilworth (Author) ]
 [Split World: Poems 1990 - 2005 (Paperback) ~ Moniza Alvi (Author) Cover Art
Split World: Poems 1990 - 2005 (Paperback) ~ Moniza Alvi (Author) ]
 [Third Day (Paperback) ~ Grey Gowrie (Author) Cover Art
Third Day (Paperback) ~ Grey Gowrie (Author) ]

Customer Reviews for "Learning Human (Hardcover)" by Les A. Murray (Author)

There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!

Submit your Review

Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials

Tower.com BOOK Sales, Promotions & Special Features

Tower.com Popular Book Wiki Articles

  • The Paperback
    Learn more information on the paperback format before choosing which type of book to purchase.
  • The E-Book
    What exactly is an "electronic book?" Learn before you buy with Tower Wiki!
  • The Audio Book
    Do you prefer to read or be read to? Learn more about this increasingly popular book format.

Interact with Tower.com