Levine, Philip (Vol. 9) - Levine, Philip 1928–
Levine, Philip 1928–
Levine is an American poet, critic, and editor. His poetry is peopled with unhappy, unlucky characters depicted at the dramatic moment of personal defeat. (See also CLC, Vols. 2, 4, 5, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 9-12, rev. ed.)
[Philip Levine's] immensely moving The Names of the Lost … is essentially a book of belated elegies for the Spanish anarchists, but Levine has the control of pathos necessary to prevent any mere study of the nostalgias. For the Fallen, an elegy for the Durruti brothers, may be the finest of these poems, but every page of the book is marked by a severe and appropriate eloquence. (p. 23)
Harold Bloom, in The New Republic (reprinted by permission of The New Republic; © 1976 by The New Republic, Inc.), November 20, 1976.
Deeply emotional, [Philip Levine's verse in The Names of the Lost] avoids...
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