O to Be a Dragon
O to Be a Dragon is a 1959 poetry collection by the American poet Marianne Moore, and the title of the collection's eponymous poem. It was published by Viking Press in New York City.[1]
It was not initially published by Faber and Faber in England as Faber's editor TS Eliot considered it too short, but it was later combined with four extra poems and a collection that had not previously appeared in the United Kingdom, and issued as The Arctic fox in 1964.[2]
TIME magazine's review of O to Be a Dragon included directions to Moore's apartment which led to her being in her own words "obliterated by trespassers..I might say thugs! Letters upon letters also."[3]
Poems[]
- "O to Be a Dragon"
- "I May, I Might, I Must"
- "To a Chameleon"
- "A Jelly-Fish"
- "Values in Use"
- "Hometown Piece for Messrs. Alton and Reese"
- "Enough: Jamestown, 1607-1957"
- "Melchior Vulpis"
- "No Better Than a "Withered Daffodil""
- "In the Public Garden"
- "The Arctic Ox (or Goat)"
- "Saint Nicholas"
- "For February 14th"
- "Combat Cultural"
- "Leonardo da Vinci's"
References[]
- ^ Lawrence Rainey (15 July 2005). Modernism: An Anthology. John Wiley & Sons. p. 1160. ISBN 978-0-631-20448-0.
- ^ Darlene Williams Erickson (1992). Illusion and More Precise Then Precision: The Poetry of Marianne Moore. University of Alabama Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8173-0570-3.
- ^ Linda Leavell (5 November 2013). Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore. Faber & Faber. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-571-30183-6.
Categories:
- 1959 books
- American poetry collections
- Poetry by Marianne Moore