John Ashbery: Collected Poems 1956-1987 (LOA #187) by John Ashbery

John Ashbery: Collected Poems 1956-1987 (LOA #187) by John Ashbery

With this volume, published in 2008, John Ashbery became the first living poet to have his work collected in the Library of America series. Beginning with Some Trees in 1956, John Ashbery charted a profoundly original and individual course that has opened up pathways for subsequent generations of poets. At once hermetic and exuberantly curious, meditative and unnervingly funny, dreamlike and steeped in everyday realities, and alive to every nuance of American speech, these are poems that constantly discover new worlds within language. This first volume of the collected Ashbery includes the complete texts of his first twelve books, including such groundbreaking collections as Rivers and Mountains, Three Poems, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (which won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1975), and Houseboat Days. It also features an unprecedented gathering of more than sixty previously uncollected poems written over a period of four decades, a rare treasure trove for poetry lovers. This volume is a landmark portrait of a modern master.

Quick Question is John Ashbery's most recent collection of poems. He was the art critic for the International Herald Tribune and the ARTnews Paris reporter from 1960 to 1965. He is a Knight de l'ordre des Arts et Lettres and an Officier de la Légion d'honneur in France. President Barack Obama presented him with a National Book Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to American Literature, as well as a National Humanities Medal.

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ISBN 13	9781598530285
ISBN 10	1598530283
Title	John Ashbery: Collected Poems 1956-1987 (LOA #187)
Author	John Ashbery
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The Library of America
Year published	2008-10-02
Number of pages	950
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