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Three poems / John Ashbery

By:

Ashbery, John, , 1927-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Viking Press , [1972]Description: 118 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0140585850

Uniform titles:

Poems. Selections.

Subject(s):

Poetry, American

DDC classification:

811 ASH

LOC classification:

PS3501.S475 T5

Contents:

The new spirit.--The system.--The recital.

Summary: Initially wishing to be a painter, then a musician, he has had a variety of careers including reference librarian and art critic. In the early 1950s, he was a copywriter with Oxford University Press and McGraw-Hill. His collection of poems, Turandot and other Poems, published in 1953, established his reputation as one of the leading American poets of his generation. Ashbery feels strongly influenced by film and other art forms. The abstract expressionist movement in art had a profound effect on his writing style. Frequently termed a philosophical poet, Ashbery's poems often deal with the mind and the connection of the reader.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	811 ASH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		014856

The new spirit.--The system.--The recital.

Initially wishing to be a painter, then a musician, he has had a variety of careers including reference librarian and art critic. In the early 1950s, he was a copywriter with Oxford University Press and McGraw-Hill. His collection of poems, Turandot and other Poems, published in 1953, established his reputation as one of the leading American poets of his generation. Ashbery feels strongly influenced by film and other art forms. The abstract expressionist movement in art had a profound effect on his writing style. Frequently termed a philosophical poet, Ashbery's poems often deal with the mind and the connection of the reader.

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