First Four Books Of Poems

<p><em>The First Four Books of Poems</em> collects the early work that established Louise Gluck as one of America's most original and important poets. Honored with the Pulitzer Prize for <em>The WildIris </em> Gluck was celebrated early in her career for her fierce austerely beautiful voice. In<em>Firstborn The House on Marshland Wand Descending Figure </em> and <em>The Triumph of Achilles </em> which wonthe National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry we see the conscious progression of apoet who speaks with blade-like accuracy and stirring depth.