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The New American Poetry, 1945-1960
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Description for The New American Poetry, 1945-1960
Paperback. This counter-cultural collection of American verse fits in Robert Lowell's famous definition of the raw in American poetry. Contributors include: Olson; Duncan; Creeley; Guest; Ashbery; Ginsberg; Kerouac; Levertov; O'Hara; Snyder; and Schuyler. Editor(s): Allen, Donald. Num Pages: 479 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 548.
With more than 100,000 copies sold, The New American Poetry has become one of the most influential anthologies published in the United States since World War II. As one of the first counter-cultural collections of American verse, this volume fits in Robert Lowell's famous definition of the raw in American poetry. Many of the contributors once derided in the mainstream press of the period are now part of the postmodern canon: Olson, Duncan, Creeley, Guest, Ashbery, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Levertov, O'Hara, Snyder, Schuyler, and others. Donald Allen's The New American Poetry delivered the first taste of these remarkable poets, and the ... Read more
With more than 100,000 copies sold, The New American Poetry has become one of the most influential anthologies published in the United States since World War II. As one of the first counter-cultural collections of American verse, this volume fits in Robert Lowell's famous definition of the raw in American poetry. Many of the contributors once derided in the mainstream press of the period are now part of the postmodern canon: Olson, Duncan, Creeley, Guest, Ashbery, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Levertov, O'Hara, Snyder, Schuyler, and others. Donald Allen's The New American Poetry delivered the first taste of these remarkable poets, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
479
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
547g
Number of Pages
479
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520209534
SKU
V9780520209534
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About Allen
Donald Allen (1912-2004) was the editor of The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara (California, 1995) and coeditor of The Collected Prose of Charles Olson (California, 1997).
Reviews for The New American Poetry, 1945-1960
Anyone with an interest in 20th-century American poetry will welcome the re-release of The New American Poetry. . . A nearly full weighing up of the mid-century avant-garde; it remains essential.
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