Doveglion: Collected Poems
Jose Garcia Villa
Jul 2008 · Penguin
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The renowned modernist poet of experiment and innovation known as “The Pope of Greenwich Village” and a pioneer of Filipino American poetry
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his first U.S. poetry collection published by Viking Press in 1942, Villa was admired for “the reverence, the raptness, the depth of concentration in [his] bravely deep poems” (Marianne Moore). Doveglion (Villa’s pen name for dove, eagle, and lion) contains Villa’s collected poetry, including rare and previously unpublished material.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his first U.S. poetry collection published by Viking Press in 1942, Villa was admired for “the reverence, the raptness, the depth of concentration in [his] bravely deep poems” (Marianne Moore). Doveglion (Villa’s pen name for dove, eagle, and lion) contains Villa’s collected poetry, including rare and previously unpublished material.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Jose Garcia Villa (1908–1997) was a Filipino poet, writer, and critic. He used the pen name “Doveglion,” which was a combination of the words “dove,” “eagle,” and “lion” and was what he believed was his true persona. His notable works include The Anchored Angel, The Emperor’s New Sonnet, and Footnote to Youth.
John Edwin Cowen is a poet as well as a professor of literacy and education at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. His collection of poetry, Mathematics of Love: Poems by John Edwin Cowen, was published in 2011. He also edited Doveglion: The Collected Poems of Jose Garcia Villa.
Luis H. Francia a writer and professor with Hunter College’s Asian American Studies department. His writing has appeared in various publications including the Village Voice and The Nation. His works include Eve of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago, The Artic Archipelago, and Museum of Absence. Additionally, he coedited Flippin’: Filipinos on America, Vestiges of War: The Philippine-American War and the Aftermath of an Imperial Dream, 1899–1999.
John Edwin Cowen is a poet as well as a professor of literacy and education at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. His collection of poetry, Mathematics of Love: Poems by John Edwin Cowen, was published in 2011. He also edited Doveglion: The Collected Poems of Jose Garcia Villa.
Luis H. Francia a writer and professor with Hunter College’s Asian American Studies department. His writing has appeared in various publications including the Village Voice and The Nation. His works include Eve of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago, The Artic Archipelago, and Museum of Absence. Additionally, he coedited Flippin’: Filipinos on America, Vestiges of War: The Philippine-American War and the Aftermath of an Imperial Dream, 1899–1999.
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