The Banquet by Kenneth Koch
The complete plays, including never before published work, from one of the major writers of the twentieth century.
The Banquet succeeds in spades, giving us an entire 'world of pure experience,' to borrow William James's phrase, one that is just waiting to be brought to life" --Los Angeles Review of Books "Some writers excel in more than one form ... the 600-plus pages of The Banquet suggest that the late poet Kenneth Koch had two right hands."--New York Observer "[T]he plays abolish time and space... If we lived in Koch's Arcady, the text seems to ask, might we live forever?" --Poetry Magazine "[These plays] are as funny and inventive as Koch could be. Count him among the few to move beyond Gertrude Stein in establishing alternative performance texts." --Rain Taxi Review "These are bursts of charming joy, mystery, surprise and delight animated by a love of language and a deep belief in its possibilities... The Banquet is the perfect title for this collection, a book to be read and reread." --BODY
Kenneth Koch (1925 -- 2002), known for his association with the New York School of poetry, wrote many collections of poetry, fiction, plays, and nonfiction. His books include Seasons on Earth, On the Edge, Thank You and Other Poems, The Art of Love, One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays, Hotel Lambosa, and The Collected Fiction, as well as several books on teaching children to write poetry. Koch was awarded numerous honors, including the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, awarded by the Library of Congress in 1996, as well as awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and Ingram-Merrill foundations. In 1996 he was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Kenneth Koch lived in New York City, where he was professor of English at Columbia University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781566893282 |
| ISBN 10 | 1566893283 |
| Title | The Banquet |
| Author | Kenneth Koch |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Coffee House Press |
| Year published | 2013-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 660 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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