John Ashbery and American Poetry

by David Herd

Book Overview

starting point. David Herd sets out to provide readers with a new critical language through which they can appreciate the beauty and complexity of Ashbery's writing.

Presenting the poet in all his forms -avant-garde, nostalgic, sublime and camp - the 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.

Tracing Ashbery's development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719080592
• ISBN13: 9780719080593
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"