The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers

About this book

This is the definitive selection of Jeffers poetry. His narrative poetry shares a greatness with the best poets of the ages. The poems included here range from Roan Stallion and Cawdor from the twenties to his last poems in the late fifties. If you are going to have one book of Jeffers and if you are interested at all in 20th century American poetry you must have at least one this is the one. Jeffers wrote a lot of beautiful shorter poems but to really feel his passion it is necessary to become immersed in the longer narratives and this book contains a selection of the best!