{"product_id":"selected-poems-summer-knowledge-paperback","title":"Selected Poems: Summer Knowledge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDelmore Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen this book was first published (as \u003cem\u003eSummer Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e) in 1959. Delmore Schwartz was still riding a crest, the golden boy of the literary scene--a position he had commanded ever since the appearance of his first collection of stories and poems in 1938. \u003cem\u003eSummer Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e won for him both the prestigious Bollingen Prize in Poetry and the Poetry Society of America's Shelley Memorial Award. lronically, indeed tragically, the praise and prizes Schwartz's poems received did not forestall his decline, and this, his poetic testament, proved to be a final one as well. Overcome by mental illness, alienated from his friends and supporters, he disappeared from the literary scene, in the end to die in 1966 in an obscure Broadway hotel. The tragedy of his life pales before the triumph of his art and craft. \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e clearly places him among the foremost poets of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen this book was first published in 1959, Delmore Schwartz was still riding a crest, the golden boy of the literary scene--a position he had commanded ever since the appearance of his first collection of stories and poems in 1938.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 7.97 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 1967\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42174935105671,"sku":"9780811201919","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ac9f6b28cb4a9f929dd645e77be71863.webp?v=1733378013","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/selected-poems-summer-knowledge-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}