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Blurb: “Selected Poems of Carl Sandburg, edited by Rebecca West, is a 1954 hardcover edition published by Harcourt, Brace & World. This collection presents a curated selection of Sandburg’s poetry, offering a broad representation of his work, which often celebrates American life, the working class, and the rhythms of the Midwest. Known for his free verse style and vivid imagery, Sandburg’s poems capture both the beauty and struggles of everyday people. The introduction by Rebecca West, a respected critic and novelist, provides valuable insight into Sandburg’s literary significance. This edition remains a classic compilation of his most evocative and enduring poems.”
The 167 poems in this liberal and representative collection of Carl Sandburg's poetry have been taken from four books, "Chicago Poems,"
"Cornhuskers," "Smoke and Steel," and "Slabs of the Sunburnt West."
Innumerable tributes, commentaries, essays, and articles have been written about Carl Sandburg's poetry. Here it is possible to quote only a few:
LOUIs UNTERMEYER: "Sandburg has sounded some of the most fortissimo notes in modern poetry, he has also breathed some of its softest phrases. Cool Tombs, one of the most poignant lyrics of our time, moves with a low music; Grass whispers as quietly as the earlier Fog stole in on stealthy, cat feet. ... Here are titanic visions: the dreams of men and ma-chinery. And silence is here-the silence of sleeping tenements and sun-soaked cornfields."
REBECCA WEST: "Carl Sandburg expresses the whole life of the Middle West of today. has learned his country by heart."
CARL VAN DOREN: "Sandburg speaks most naturally with the accents of pity. ... His language ranges freely from the fine, pure speech of his too few lyrics to the boisterous vernacu-lar. He will not select his language from the tried and prosperous words of poetry, but insists on grabbing up any or all words and hammering them into the shape he chooses."
HARRY HANSEN: "Whenever American poets of today are discussed with any authority, name of Carl Sandburg is almost certain to appear."