Randall Jarrell

William Pritchard's biography gives Jarrell's work, his poetry and criticism, an illumination rarely seen in any recent biography. Pritchard dives right in to the essentials of the often over looked man of letters. A must for any fan of Jarrell and American poetry as well. In this text it is the poet's work that comes first, givin the readers a rare glimpse into probably the most well read individual since Eliot. Through Jarrell's work are we then capable of understanding the obsessions and motivations of a truly interesting man.