Winter Stars
Winter Stars
Larry Levis
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 1985
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj
Pages: 104
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hjnvj
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Winter Stars
Book Description:

Since the appearance of his first book in 1972, Larry Levis has been one of the most original and most highly praised of contemporary American poets. InWinter Stars, a book of love poems and elegies, Levis engages in a process of relentless self-interrogation about his life, about losses and acceptances. What emerges is not merely autobiography, but a biography of the reader, a "representative life" of our time.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-9110-6
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. ix-x)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.2
  3. WINTER STARS
    • THE POET AT SEVENTEEN
      THE POET AT SEVENTEEN (pp. 3-4)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.3
    • ADOLESCENCE
      ADOLESCENCE (pp. 5-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.4
    • THE CRY
      THE CRY (pp. 7-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.5
    • WINTER STARS
      WINTER STARS (pp. 10-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.6
    • SOUTH
      SOUTH (pp. 12-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.7
    • IRISH MUSIC
      IRISH MUSIC (pp. 19-21)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.8
    • FAMILY ROMANCE
      FAMILY ROMANCE (pp. 22-24)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.9
  4. ELEGIES
    • THOUGH HIS NAME IS INFINITE, MY FATHER IS ASLEEP
      THOUGH HIS NAME IS INFINITE, MY FATHER IS ASLEEP (pp. 27-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.10
    • CHILDHOOD IDEOGRAM
      CHILDHOOD IDEOGRAM (pp. 30-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.11
  5. LET NOTHING YOU DISMAY
    • IN THE CITY OF LIGHT
      IN THE CITY OF LIGHT (pp. 35-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.12
    • MY STORY IN A LATE STYLE OF FIRE
      MY STORY IN A LATE STYLE OF FIRE (pp. 37-39)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.13
    • THERE ARE TWO WORLDS
      THERE ARE TWO WORLDS (pp. 40-42)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.14
    • OKLAHOMA
      OKLAHOMA (pp. 43-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.15
    • AFTER THE BLUE NOTE CLOSES
      AFTER THE BLUE NOTE CLOSES (pp. 45-46)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.16
    • THE QUILT
      THE QUILT (pp. 47-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.17
    • DECRESCENDO
      DECRESCENDO (pp. 49-50)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.18
  6. PUYÉ
    • A LETTER
      A LETTER (pp. 53-60)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.19
  7. VARIATIONS
    • WHITMAN:
      WHITMAN: (pp. 63-64)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.20
    • SOME GRASS ALONG A DITCH BANK
      SOME GRASS ALONG A DITCH BANK (pp. 65-67)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.21
    • TWO VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY KOBAYASHI
      TWO VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY KOBAYASHI (pp. 68-73)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.22
    • THOSE GRAVES IN ROME
      THOSE GRAVES IN ROME (pp. 74-76)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.23
  8. SENSATIONALISM
    • THE ASSIMILATION OF THE GYPSIES
      THE ASSIMILATION OF THE GYPSIES (pp. 79-83)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.24
    • SENSATIONALISM
      SENSATIONALISM (pp. 84-86)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.25
  9. NOTES
    NOTES (pp. 87-88)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.26
  10. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 89-89)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnvj.27