James Merrill

Selected Poems 1946-1985 is a book written by James Merrill.

The publication of James Merrill's Collected Poems is a landmark in the history of modern American literature. His First Poems—its sophistication and virtuosity were recognized at once—appeared half a century ago. Over the next five decades, Merrill's range broadened and his voice took on its characteristic richness. …

"The Changing Light at Sandover" is a 560-page epic poem by James Merrill. Sometimes described as a postmodern apocalyptic epic, the poem was published in three volumes from 1976 to 1980, and as one volume "with a new coda" by Atheneum in 1982. Already established in the 1970s among the finest lyric poets of his …