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The Last Oblivion: Best Fantastic Poetry of Clark Ashton Smith
The Last Oblivion Best Fantastic Poetry of Clark Ashton Smith Clark Ashton Smith could well be considered one of the great poets of the twentieth century, and much of his verse explores the realms of fantasy, terror, wonder, and the supernatural. In this volumethe first major selection of Smiths poetry in more than thirty yearseditors S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz have presented an ext... more »ensive array of poetic work that fully reveals Smiths exotic language, imaginative range, and metrical precision. Including work from as early as the precocious Star-Treader and Other Poems (1912) and as late as the posthumously published The Hill of Dionysus (1962), The Last Oblivion features such celebrated works as "Nero," "Ode to the Abyss," and Smiths exquisite elegies to his mentor George Sterling and to his colleague in fantasy, H. P. Lovecraft. Poems on Zothique, Averoigne, and Atlantis, realms in which many of his prose tales are set, are also featured. More than two dozen unpublished or uncollected poems, never previously included in any of Smiths books, make The Last Oblivion a must for Smith devotees. Two full-color illustrations by Clark Ashton Smith and an exhaustive glossary of unusual words and names used in Smiths poetry enhance the volume.« less