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  1. Sermons and Homilies of the Christ of Elqui (ALTA Richard Wilbur prize for poetry) by Nicanor Parra, 1985-03
  2. Levering Avenue: Poems (Richard Wilbur Award, 1) by Robert Daseler, 1998-11-01
  3. Rehearsing Absence: Poems (Richard Wilbur Award, 4) by Rhina P. Espaillat, 2001-12-01
  4. YEVTUSHENKO: READINGS FROM HIS NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO POETRY CONCERTS - vinyl lp. WITH BARRY BOYS - LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI - ALLEN GINSBERG - VIVECA LINDFORS - RICHARD WILBUR by YEVGANY YEVTUSHENKO, 1972
  5. Poems Of Richard Wilbur by Richard Wilbur, 1963-09-25
  6. Distant Blue (Richard Wilbur Award, 6) by Thomas Carper, 2003-10
  7. Richard Wilbur; a bibliographical checklist, (The Serif series: bibliographies and checklists) by John P Field, 1971
  8. Richard Wilbur: A Reference Guide (Reference Publication in Literature) by Frances Bixler, 1991-07
  9. Things of this world;: Poems by Richard Wilbur, 1956
  10. School For Husbands and Sganarelle, or The Imaginary Cuckold, by Moliere
  11. A Sense of Place: The Artist And The American Land by Alan Gussow, 1997-11-01
  12. Moliere Five Plays: "The School for Wives", "Tartuffe", "The Misanthrope", "The Miser", "The Hypochondriac" (World Classics) by Moliere, 1982-03-11
  13. The mind-reader: New poems by Richard Wilbur, 1976
  14. On my own work (Aquila essays) by Richard Wilbur, 1983

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42. Richard Wilbur - The New York Review Of Books
Bibliography of books and articles by richard wilbur, from The New York Review of Books.
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February 13, 2003 Statement for Peace (letter) November 4, 1999 To a Comedian (poem) October 11, 1979 Boycott Taba (letter) January 26, 1978 Misanthrope Mishap (letter) July 14, 1977 'Veritas' at Harvard: Another Exchange January 25, 1973 Ford's Better Idea (letter) July 20, 1972 The Mind-Reader (poem) January 7, 1971 School of the Arts (letter) June 18, 1970 (poem) August 22, 1968 Two Poems (poem) September 14, 1967 Decoding Poe (letter) July 13, 1967 The Poe Mystery Case The Recognition of Edgar Allan Poe: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Eric W. Carlson Poe: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Robert Regan May 18, 1967 Is It Miltonic? (letter) April 6, 1967 A Miltonic Sonnet for Mr. Johnson, on the Occasion of His Refusal of Peter Hurd's Official Portrait (poem) April 14, 1966 Five Poems by Andrei Voznesensky (poem) December 12, 1963

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44. Poet Richard Wilbur To Give Reading At Yale
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45. Amherst College: Inauguration: Poems By Richard Wilbur '42
richard wilbur Inauguration. Poems by richard wilbur 42. The Reader; The Writer —richard wilbur 42. Reproduced by permission of the author.
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She is going back, these days, to the great stories
That charmed her younger mind. A shaded light
Shines on the nape half-shadowed by her curls,
And a page turns now with a scuffing sound.
Onward they come again, the orphans reaching
For a first handhold in a stony world,
The young provincials who at last look down
On the city's maze, and will descend into it,
The serious girl, once more, who would live nobly,
The sly one who aspires to marry so,
The young man bent on glory, and that other Who seeks a burden. Knowing as she does What will become of them in bloody field Or Tuscan garden, it may be that at times She sees their first and final selves at once, As a god might to whom all time is now. Or, having lived so much herself, perhaps She meets them this time with a wiser eye, Noting that Julien's calculating head Is from the first too severed from his heart. But the true wonder of it is that she, For all that she may know of consequences

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49. Conversations With Richard Wilbur
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50. Richard Wilbur - Poetry 2003 - Key West Literary Seminar
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Richard Wilbur Read Richard Wilbur' Love Calls Us to the Things of This World Richard Wilbur was born in New York City in 1921. His books of poetry include New and Collected Poems (1988), which won the Pulitzer Prize; The Mind-Reader: New Poems Walking to Sleep: New Poems and Translations Advice to a Prophet and Other Poems Things of This World (1956), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; Ceremony and Other Poems (1950); and The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems (1947). He has also published numerous translations of French plays, two books for children, and a collection of prose pieces, and has edited such books as Poems of Shakespeare (1966) and The Complete Poems of Poe (1959). His

51. THE POETRY OF RICHARD WILBUR AT ASH RARE BOOKS
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52. Richard Wilbur - MSN Encarta
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54. The Richard Wilbur Forum
Michelson is a leading authority on richard wilbur. Ruddick, who specializes in Emily Dickinson, appreciates RW’s poetry although he finds flaws,
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Tension between Nihilism and Pollyannaism A Round-Table Discussion The views of Bruce Michelson in and Nicholas Ruddick in Versus have generated exchanges between the two scholars and elicited responses from our readers. Michelson is a leading authority on Richard Wilbur. Ruddick writing, Candide Highlights: Professor Bruce Michelson University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign: The conversation with Ruddick is lively and illuminatingnot so much about Wilbur and Dickinson, or Wilbur versus Hopkins, Frost, Berryman, or Jarrell, but rather about a set of conditioned tastes and expectations that constrict our thinking about art of many sorts.
Professor Nicholas Ruddick University of Regina I have greatly enjoyed your interview with Michael Ross, Professor Emeritus, McMaster University Ruddick Professor Tristanne Connolly, St. Jerome Ruddick , why Dickinson and not Barrett Browning? Does female desire have to be unsatisfied or sublimated to make good poetry? Richard Wilbur: Thank you for letting me see two documents from your online forum. I have, of course, read both with fascination. Why do reservations about greatness puzzle you?

55. Richard P. Wilbur (AC 1942) Papers Collection Overview
wilbur, richard, 1921. Title. wilbur Papers, ca. 1945-2005. Quantity. 4 archives boxes (2 linear ft.) Language of Material. English. Location
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56. Richard Wilbur Biography (1921-)
richard wilbur Biography (1921). Born March 1, 1921, in New York, NY; son of Lawrence richard wilbur s Creation, 1983. New and Collected Poems, 1988.
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57. Trico Libraries News And Notes: Read More On Richard Wilbur
Eightysix-year-old poet richard wilbur, the only living American poet to have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry two times, will be reading from
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Posted in Bryn Mawr Events Eighty-six-year-old poet Richard Wilbur , the only living American poet to have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry two times, will be reading from his work at Bryn Mawr College on Thursday, Sept., 27 at 7:30 p.m., in the Ely Room of the Wyndham Alumnae House. Check out Wilbur's books in Tripod. Read more about Wilbur in Literature Resource Center. Video of Wilbur talking about his life at the People's Archive.
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58. Richard Wilbur In Conversation With Peter Dale By Dale, Peter - £9.50 - Free UK
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Even without the mastery of his poetic voice, Richard Wilbur would be outstanding among his contemporaries for the sheer generosity of his vision. In this conversation Wilbur speaks openly and intimately of his poetry, his translations and his life. We meet an uncomplicated, wholehearted man; intelligent, humorous, reflective, passionate in his affections, his views, and his friendships. Reading this exchange with Peter Dale demonstrates the sense and insight of Theodore Roethke's well-known description of Wilbur as 'Not a graceful mind [...] but a mind of grace, an altogether different and higher thing'.
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59. [minstrels] In The Smoking Car -- Richard Wilbur
More interesting is to compare it to Robinson s Miniver Cheevy , a far harsher look at a similar misfit poem 234 Biography wilbur, richard (Purdy) b.
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Title : In the Smoking Car Poet : Richard Wilbur Date : 27 Jan 2000 The eyelids meet. He... Length : Text-only version Prev Index Next Your comments on this poem to attach to the end [ microfaq In the Smoking Car The eyelids meet. He'll catch a little nap. The grizzled, crew-cut head drops to his chest. It shakes above the briefcase on his lap. Close voices breathe, "Poor sweet, he did his best." "Poor sweet, poor sweet," the bird-hushed glades repeat, Through which in quiet pomp his litter goes, Carried by native girls with naked feet. A sighing stream concurs in his repose. Could he but think, he might recall to mind The righteous mutiny or sudden gale That beached him here; the dear ones left behind ... So near the ending, he forgets the tale. Were he to lift his eyelids now, he might Behold his maiden porters, brown and bare. But even here he has no appetite. It is enough to know that they are there. Enough that now a honeyed music swells, The gentle, mossed declivities begin, And the whole air is full of flower-smells. Failure, the longed-for valley, takes him in. Richard Wilbur An interesting poem - not brilliant, but I like the theme, and it's handled well enough. The poem is enjoyable not so much for the imagery as for the tone, which balances humour and warm sympathy nicely, with perhaps a hint of commiseration, and some lovely lines like 'So near the ending, he forgets the tale'. The poem also presents a somewhat wry look at today's rather pervasive success-oriented culture - the very stereotypicality of the character makes the reader realise that a good many people would rather inhabit a comfortable dreamworld than cope with the real one, desiring no better epitaph than 'poor sweet, he did his best'. Links: While this poem has echoes of Thurber's Walter Mitty and Schulz's Charlie Brown, neither analogy is that strong. More interesting is to compare it to Robinson's "Miniver Cheevy", a far harsher look at a similar misfit:

60. Candide - A Musical By Lillian Hellman, Richard Wilbur, And Leonard Bernstein
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Home Theatre Links Advertise Here Email Us Candide Book: Lillian Hellman (revised by Hugh Wheeler) Lyrics: Richard Wilbur (revised by Stephen Sondheim) Music: Leonard Bernstein B ASED on Voltaire 's satirical masterpiece, CANDIDE tells the story a young man, Candide, who is determined to follow his instructor's creed of mindless optimism. Even after being banished from his homeland, captured by Bulgarians, beaten and left for dead by the Spanish Inquisition, robbed of everything he owns, and torn repeatedly from the woman he loves, Candide still clings to the philosophy that everything is for the best in this, "the best of all possible worlds." He and his friends eventually find themselves in a cave in Turkestan, seeking guidance from the Wisest Man in the Worlda ghost from their past who has a surprising revelation for them! CANDIDE

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