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John Ashbery is America's greatest living poet. He is also greatly misunderstood. Presenting the poet in all his forms -avant-garde, nostalgic, sublime and camp - this book argues that the perpetual inventiveness of Ashbery's work has always been underpinned by the poets desire to write the poem fit to cope with its occasion.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Two Scenes
2. The Art of Life
3. An American in Paris
4. Forms of Action
5. From Poetry to Prose
6. John Ashbery in Conversation
7. John Ashbery and Friends
8. 'And later, after the twister': the sense of an ending in recent Ashbery
Bibliography

John Ashbery and American Poetry

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719080593, 978-0719080593
      ISBN10: 0719080592

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      John Ashbery is America's greatest living poet. He is also greatly misunderstood. Presenting the poet in all his forms -avant-garde, nostalgic, sublime and camp - this book argues that the perpetual inventiveness of Ashbery's work has always been underpinned by the poets desire to write the poem fit to cope with its occasion.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Abbreviations
      Introduction
      1. Two Scenes
      2. The Art of Life
      3. An American in Paris
      4. Forms of Action
      5. From Poetry to Prose
      6. John Ashbery in Conversation
      7. John Ashbery and Friends
      8. 'And later, after the twister': the sense of an ending in recent Ashbery
      Bibliography

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