Nights and Days

by James Merrill

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Two long poems: "The thousand and second night", and "From the cupola" plus sixteen others.

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National Book Award (Winner – Poetry – 1967)

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Canonical title: Nights and Days

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Genres: Poetry, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS: 811.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American poetry 20th Century 1945-1999
LCC: PS3525 .E6645 .N5 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960

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Languages: English
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