{"product_id":"a-mask-for-janus-w-s-merwin-9780300246384","title":"A Mask for Janus","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection centered in myth, \u003ci\u003eA Mask for Janus\u003c\/i\u003e is the 49th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While Merwin's poetry as a whole is grounded in the poetic forms of many eras and societies, this first collection is inspired by classical models. Writing in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Vernon Young traces the poems to \"Biblical tales, Classical myth, love songs from the Age of Chivalry, Renaissance retellings; they comprise carols, roundels, odes, ballads, sestinas, and they contrive golden equivalents of emblematic models: the masque, the Zodiac, the Dance of Death.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. S. Merwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300246382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300246384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"W. S. Merwin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44491353686271,"sku":"9780300246384","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a0bfebc-b3d0-4a8c-bed3-9a4301ceb480.jpg?v=1699450730","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-mask-for-janus-w-s-merwin-9780300246384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}