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Collected poems, 1956-1987
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- Book Synopsis
- John Ashbery's Collected Poems 1956-1987 contains the complete text of the poet's first twelve books, from Some Trees (1956), selected for publication by W.H. Auden, to April Galleons (1987), and including The Vermont Notebook (1975) with the original artwork by Joe Brainard, and Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1976), which won the Pulitzer Prize, together with a selection of more than sixty previously uncollected poems. To read Ashbery's work in sequence is to experience the magnitude of his presence in American poetry over these four decades, as innovator and influence. His poetry, 'an exuberant script for survival' (Marina Warner), 'light-footed and delectably irresponsible' (Alfred Brendel), fascinates with virtuosic complexity and delights with wry humour. A restless explorer of the modern world, alive to language and impression, Ashbery enlarges the possibilities of poetry. With a detailed chronology and notes on the poems, Collected Poems 1956-1987 is an indispensable compilation of the work of one of the essential poets of our time. Cover Art Portrait of John Ashbery, 1962, by Larry Rivers. Pencil on paper, 14" x 17". Private Collection, Courtesy Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York. Art © Estate of Larry Rivers/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
- About The Author
- John Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, in 1927. His books of poetry include Breezeway; Quick Question; Planisphere; Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems, which was awarded the 2008 International Griffin Poetry Prize; A Worldly Country; Where Shall I Wander; and Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, which received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award. The winner of many prizes and awards both nationally and internationally, in 2011 he received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation, and in 2012 he received a National Humanities Medal, presented by President Obama at the White House. He lived in New York until his death, aged ninety, in 2017.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781847770585
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Carcanet Poetry, (28 September 2010)
- Number of Pages
- 1043
- Weight
- 948 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 135 x 54 mm
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