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James L. McMichael

ジェームズ・エル・マクマイケル

Jeemuzu Eru Makumairu

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1939-01-01 （Pasadena, California）
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Originally from Pasadena, California; has lived in Southern California → Faculty at University of California, Irvine

経歴

職業
poet, educator, university professor
活動期間
1967年〜
所属
University of California, Irvine (Department of English)
影響を受けた人物
Gerard Manley Hopkins (influence referenced in criticism)

学歴

Stanford University
Department of English
学位: Ph.D.
国: United States
Received Ph.D. from Stanford University (year not specified)

受賞歴

Guggenheim Fellowship
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受賞
Whiting Award
1995
主催: Whiting Foundation
結果: 受賞
Arthur Rense Prize
1999
主催: Arthur Rense Foundation
結果: 受賞
Shelley Memorial Award
主催: Poetry Society / Awarding body for Shelley Memorial Award
結果: 受賞
Academy of American Poets Fellowship
主催: Academy of American Poets
結果: 受賞
National Book Award (Poetry) — Finalist
2006
対象作品: Capacity
部門: 詩
主催: National Book Foundation
結果: ファイナリスト

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Against the Falling Evil

1971年 Poetry

An early collection of poems that includes experiments in form and language.

linguistic experimentationreligious allusion

The Lovers Familiar

1978年 Poetry

A collection of poems focused on relationships and intimacy.

loveintimacy

Four Good Things

1980年 Long poem / Autobiographical poetry

A sprawling autobiographical meditation set in Southern California on life, death, and real estate.

autobiographydeathland/place

Each in a Place Apart

1994年 Poetry

A mature collection showcasing formal rigor and suggestive, compact language.

memoryhistory

The World at Large: New and Selected Poems, 1971-1996

1996年 Selected poetry

A representative selected volume including new poems and works from 1971–1996.

overview of major worksevolution of themes

Capacity

2006年 Poetry (long poems)

A collection of seven long poems; departs from prior long-line autobiography toward dispassion, elision, and very short lines.

elisionmemoryreconsideration of history

If You Can Tell: Poems

2016年 Poetry

Published in 2016, this collection contains late-career poems and fragments.

recollectionlinguistic refinement

全著作

  • The Style of the Short Poem (1967)
  • Against the Falling Evil (1971)
  • Just What the Country Needs, Another Poetry Anthology (edited, 1971)
  • The Lovers Familiar (1978)
  • Four Good Things (1980)
  • Ulysses and Justice (1991)
  • Each in a Place Apart (1994)
  • The World at Large: New and Selected Poems, 1971-1996 (1996)
  • Capacity (2006)
  • If You Can Tell: Poems (2016)

作風・主題

文体
densely compacted languageallusive and suggestive phrasinguse of varying line lengths
頻出モチーフ
memoryfamilydeathSouthern California landscapeland/real estate

評価・遺産

James L. McMichael is regarded as an American poet noted for compact, allusive language and significant contributions to university teaching. His 2006 collection Capacity was a National Book Award poetry finalist, marking him as an important voice in contemporary poetry.

関連学会

  • Academy of American Poets (associated)

資料所蔵先

  • Related materials possibly held at University of California, Irvine archives

引用

  • McMichael writes densely; his language is compacted, coiled, sprung (in Hopkins's sense) and highly allusive. It is never simple or straightforward.
    出典: Liz Rosenberg (Boston Globe review) (2006年)
  • Since 1980, his sole contributions to the genre (excluding a "new and selected") have been three book-length poems, each strikingly different... In Capacity, he has exchanged the long lines and explicit autobiography of the previous two for dispassion, elision and lines as short as a syllable.
    出典: Eric McHenry (The New York Times review) (2006年)

豆知識

  • Born in 1939 in Pasadena, California.
  • Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at University of California, Irvine.
  • Has three children: Robert, Geoffrey, and Owen.
  • Capacity (2006) was a National Book Award finalist for Poetry.