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The New York Poets
John Ashbery
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Description for The New York Poets
paperback. Gathers the work of four of the 'first generation' of New York poets: Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch and James Schuyler. This anthology provides introductions to the poets' work, and charts an exchange between experiment and the emergence of language poetry. Editor(s): Ford, Mark; Winkfield, Trevor. Series: New York Poets S. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
For the first time, The New York Poets gathers in a single volume the best work of four extraordinary poets: Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler. By the early 1950s all four were settled in Manhattan, collaborating, competing and encouraging each other's radical experiments with language and form. Much of their work reflects their participation in the creative energies of the New York art scene, 'the floods of paint', to quote James Schuyler, 'in whose crashing surf we all scramble'. Believing that anything could be material for a poem, they transformed American poetry with their ... Read more
For the first time, The New York Poets gathers in a single volume the best work of four extraordinary poets: Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler. By the early 1950s all four were settled in Manhattan, collaborating, competing and encouraging each other's radical experiments with language and form. Much of their work reflects their participation in the creative energies of the New York art scene, 'the floods of paint', to quote James Schuyler, 'in whose crashing surf we all scramble'. Believing that anything could be material for a poem, they transformed American poetry with their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
New York Poets S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857547344
SKU
V9781857547344
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About John Ashbery
MARK FORD was born in 1962. His publications include two collections of poetry, Landlocked (Chatto, 1992, 1998) and Soft Sift (Faber, 2001); a critical biography of Raymond Roussel; a substantial interview with John Ashbery (Between the Lines, 2003) and a selection of the poems of Frank O'Hara for Carcanet ('Why I Am Not a Painter' and other poems). He contributes ... Read more
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