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The Banquet. The Complete Plays, Films, and Librettos.
Kenneth Koch
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Description for The Banquet. The Complete Plays, Films, and Librettos.
Paperback. The complete plays, including never before published work, from one of the major writers of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Koch, Karen; Padgett, Ron; Davis, Jordan. Num Pages: 660 pages, 32 B&W photos. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 942.
"Theater such as Kenneth Koch cannot be simply paraphrased, and presents to the audience the classic Mennipean challenge: to ponder, to mull it over, to think."--Mac Wellman The Banquet brings together 144 plays, ten screenplays, and five operas spanning more than five decades of experimental work from a writer John Ashbery has called "simply the best we have." Witty, provocative, and playful, Kenneth Koch's work draws on poetry, musicals, improvisational comedy, satire, and other forms for their inspiration and touches on subjects ranging from the silly to the sublime. Kenneth Koch (1925--2002), known for his association with the ... Read more
"Theater such as Kenneth Koch cannot be simply paraphrased, and presents to the audience the classic Mennipean challenge: to ponder, to mull it over, to think."--Mac Wellman The Banquet brings together 144 plays, ten screenplays, and five operas spanning more than five decades of experimental work from a writer John Ashbery has called "simply the best we have." Witty, provocative, and playful, Kenneth Koch's work draws on poetry, musicals, improvisational comedy, satire, and other forms for their inspiration and touches on subjects ranging from the silly to the sublime. Kenneth Koch (1925--2002), known for his association with the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Coffee House Press United States
Number of pages
660
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
660
Place of Publication
MN, United States
ISBN
9781566893282
SKU
V9781566893282
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About Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch (1925 -- 2002), known for his association with the New York School of poetry, wrote many collections of poetry, fiction, plays, and nonfiction. His books include Seasons on Earth, On the Edge, Thank You and Other Poems, The Art of Love, One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays, Hotel Lambosa, and The Collected Fiction, as well as several books on teaching ... Read more
Reviews for The Banquet. The Complete Plays, Films, and Librettos.
The Banquet succeeds in spades, giving us an entire 'world of pure experience,' to borrow William James's phrase, one that is just waiting to be brought to life."
Los Angeles Review of Books "Some writers excel in more than one form ... the 600-plus pages of The Banquet suggest that the late poet Kenneth Koch had two right hands."
New York ... Read more
Los Angeles Review of Books "Some writers excel in more than one form ... the 600-plus pages of The Banquet suggest that the late poet Kenneth Koch had two right hands."
New York ... Read more