John Ashbery and American Poetry - Softcover

Herd, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719080592 ISBN 13: 9780719080593

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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 in the light of this idea, and from its origins in the dazzling artistic environment of 1950’s New York, the book evaluates his poetry against the aesthetic, literary and historical backgrounds that have informed it.

The story of a brilliant career, and a history of the period in which that career has taken shape, John Ashbery and American Poetry provides a compelling account of Ashbery’s importance to Twentieth Century Literature.

About this title

About the Author

David Herd is Senior Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent

From the Back Cover

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 in the light of this idea, and from its origins in the dazzling artistic environment of 1950’s New York, the book evaluates his poetry against the aesthetic, literary and historical backgrounds that have informed it.

The story of a brilliant career, and a history of the period in which that career has taken shape, John Ashbery and American Poetry provides a compelling account of Ashbery’s importance to Twentieth Century Literature.

From the Inside Flap

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 in the light of this idea, and from its origins in the dazzling artistic environment of 1950 s New York, the book evaluates his poetry against the aesthetic, literary and historical backgrounds that have informed it.The story of a brilliant career, and a history of the period in which that career has taken shape, John Ashbery and American Poetry provides a compelling account of Ashbery s importance to Twentieth Century Literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719080592
• ISBN 13: 9780719080593
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 245