{"product_id":"9780811224444","title":"New and Selected Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Denise Levertov fulfills the eternal mission of the true Poet: to be a receptacle of Divine Grace and a 'spendor of that Grace to humanity.'” —\u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Denise Levertov's \u003cem\u003eNew \u0026amp; Selected Essays\u003c\/em\u003e gathers three decades' worth of the poet's most important critical statements. Her subjects are various––poetics, the imagination, politics, spirituality, other writers––and her approach independent minded and richly complex. Here in a single volume are recent essays exploring new ground broken by Levertov in the past decade as well as the finest and most useful prose pieces from \u003cem\u003eThe Poet in the World\u003c\/em\u003e (1973) and \u003cem\u003eLight Up the Cave\u003c\/em\u003e (1981). This is a book to read and reread. With their combination of sensitivity and practicality, the \u003cem\u003eNew \u0026amp; Selected Essays\u003c\/em\u003e will prove enormously helpful to the writer and reader of poetry. As \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e remarked about her prose: \"This is humanism in its true sense––her attitude as evidenced (not described) by her writing is such that the reader cannot help but experience life, at least temporarily, with more intensity, joy, and imagination.\"","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129465290992,"sku":"9780811224444","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811224444_p0.jpg?v=1763743425","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811224444","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}