{"product_id":"on-wings-of-song-poems-about-birds-hardcover","title":"On Wings of Song: Poems about Birds - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. D. McClatchy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom backyard to barnyard, from hawks to hummingbirds, from pelicans to peacocks, from Coleridge's albatross to Keats's nightingale to Poe's raven-all manner of feathered beings, the inspiration for poetic flights of fancy through the ages, are gathered together in this delightful volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome of the winged treasures: Emily Dickinson on the jay; Gertrude Stein on pigeons; Seamus Heaney on turkeys; Tennyson on the eagle; Spenser on the merry cuckoo; Amy Clampitt on the whippoorwill; Po Ch -i on cranes; John Updike on seagulls; W.S. Merwin on the duck; Elizabeth Bishop on the sandpiper; Rilke on flamingoes; Margaret Atwood on vultures; the Bible on the ostrich; Sylvia Plath on the owl; Melville on the hawk; Yeats on wild swans; Virgil on the harpies; Thomas Hardy on the darkling thrush; and Wallace Stevens on thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic, award-winning novel was included in Harold Bloom's \"The Western Canon as a work likely to be cherished by future scholars, and in David Pringle's \"Science Fiction: The Best 100 Novels. It treats one of mankind's most persistent fantasies as a criminal offense. \u003cbr\u003eFlying--it is a transcendental state, the highest exaltation of the soul, paradise itself, and it can be achieved simply by singing a song. But it is also illegal, at least in the state of Iowa, where everything's rationed, where people live in fortress-villages, and where Daniel Weinreb, intrepid native and incorrigible teen, does a stint in prison for having secretly delivered copies of the \"Star-Tribune, the immoral daily from the infidel state of Minnesota. While in prison, he is advised by an inmate that if he wants to fly, he must make a mess of his life, and upon release, that is exactly what he does. For Daniel finds that he will do \"anything in order to fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. D. McClatchy is the author of five collections of poems: \u003cb\u003eScenes From Another Life, Stars Principal, The Rest of the Way, Ten Commandments, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHazmat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He has also written two books of essays: \u003cb\u003eWhite Paper\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eTwenty Questions\u003c\/b\u003e. He has edited many other books, including \u003cb\u003eThe Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry, Poets on Painters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHorace: The Odes\u003c\/b\u003e. In addition, he edits The Voice of the Poet series for Random House AudioBooks, and has written seven opera libretti. He is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has taught at Princeton, UCLA, and Johns Hopkins, and is now a professor at Yale, where since 1991 he has edited The Yale Review. He lives in Stonington, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 6.52 x 4.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755625152800,"sku":"9780375407499","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7e727be0f522155e22315a02678bf789.webp?v=1780063943","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-wings-of-song-poems-about-birds-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}