The Tennis Court Oath: A Book of Poems

by John Ashbery

Book Overview

Still a touchstone of contemporary avant-garde poetry today, this 35th anniversary edition of John Ashbery's second book celebrates an American poet who has won a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award.

John Ashbery writes like no one else among contemporary American poets. In the construction of his intricate patterns, he uses words much as the contemporary painter uses form and color- words...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819510130
• ISBN13: 9780819510136
• Release Date: December 1977
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up