John Ashbery - Couverture souple

Cotton, Jess

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1789143918 ISBN 13 : 9781789143911

Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2023

Synopsis

'A lucid, perceptive, compulsively readable account of John Ashbery's life and poetry.' - Oli Hazzard, author of John Ashbery and Anglo-American Exchange

'A concise and eloquent introduction to a poet whose commitment to experimentation and ear for everyday speech gloriously expanded the possibilities of American poetry.' - Mark Ford, editor of John Ashbery: Collected Poems

Mysterious, esoteric, baffling - John Ashbery is notorious for the seeming difficulty of his work. But Ashbery is also entertaining, humorous and charming, and responsive to his shifting social and political contexts. This biography charts his emergence from a minor avant-garde figure to the most important poet of his generation.
In this entertaining account, Jess Cotton provides a legible and accessible map of Ashbery's work that draws connections between the poetry, the New York art and literary world and the political climate of the middle decades of the twentieth century. It makes the case for a more approachable, enjoyable and engaged Ashbery and will appeal to both students and the general reader, as well as anyone interested in American poetry, queer lives and twentieth-century history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jess Cotton is an Early Career Fellow at the University of Cambridge. She writes on twentieth-century literature, with a particular interest in poetry after 1945, psychoanalysis, feminism and the practices of reading.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Reaktion Books
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1789143918
• ISBN 13: 9781789143911
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
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• Personne responsable: non disponible