Merwin, W. S

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

a new verse translation
2002
A modern verse translation of the late-medieval, anonymously authored story of a mysterious green-skinned knight who puts forth a threatening challenge at King Arthur's court, which Sir Gawain attempts to meet; presented in side-by-side Middle and modern English.

Summer doorways

a memoir
2006
Poet W.S. Merwin chronicles his life in Europe in the years before he won the Yale Younger Poets Award in 1952.

The second four books of poems

1993
A collection of four volumes of poems written by the award-winning American author during the 1960s and early 1970s.

The shadow of Sirius

2009
A collection of poems by American writer W. S. Merwin in which he discusses memory, nature, and the nuances of time.

Migration

new & selected poems
2005
Presents a extensive collection of new and selected poems by twentieth-century American poet W.S. Merwin.

Flower & hand

poems 1977-1983
1997
Collects all the poems from three previous volumes, including "The Compass Flower," "Feathers from the Hill," and "Opening the Hand," written between 1977 and 1983 by the first recipient of the Tanning Prize.

Summer doorways

a memoir
2005
Poet W.S. Merwin chronicles his life in Europe in the years before he won the Yale Younger Poets Award in 1952.

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