The Oxford Book of American PoetryDavid Lehman Here is the eagerly awaited new edition of The Oxford Book of American Poetry brought completely up to date and dramatically expanded by poet David Lehman. It is a rich, capacious volume, featuring the work of more than 200 poets-almost three times as many as the 1976 edition. With a succinctand often witty head note introducing each author, it is certain to become the definitive anthology of American poetry for our time. Lehman has gathered together all the works one would expect to find in a landmark collection of American poetry, from Whitman's Crossing Brooklyn Ferry to Stevens's The Idea of Order at Key West, and from Eliot's The Waste Land to Ashbery's Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. But equally important,the editor has significantly expanded the range of the anthology. The book includes not only writers born since the previous edition, but also many fine poets overlooked in earlier editions or little known in the past but highly deserving of attention. The anthology confers legitimacy on theObjectivist poets; the so-called Proletariat poets of the 1930s; famous poets who fell into neglect or were the victims of critical backlash (Edna St. Vincent Millay); poets whose true worth has only become clear with the passing of time (Weldon Kees). Among poets missing from Richard Ellmann's 1976volume but published here are W. H. Auden, Charles Bukowski, Donald Justice, Carolyn Kizer, Kenneth Koch, Stanley Kunitz, Emma Lazarus, Mina Loy, Howard Moss, Lorine Niedecker, George Oppen, James Schuyler, Elinor Wylie, and Louis Zukosky. Many more women are represented: outstanding poets such asJosephine Jacobsen, Josephine Miles, May Swenson. Numerous African-American poets receive their due, and unexpected figures such as the musicians Bob Dylan, Patti Smith and Robert Johnson have a place in this important work. This stunning collection redefines the great canon of American poetry from its origins in the 17th century right up to the present. It is a must-have anthology for anyone interested in American literature and a book that is sure to be consulted, debated, and treasured for years to come. Web Site A companion web site is now available at a href="http://www.oxfordpoetry.com"www.oxfordpoetry.com/a |
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... remember the black wharves and the slips , And the sea - tides tossing free ; And Spanish sailors with bearded lips , And the beauty and mystery of the ships , And the magic of the sea . And the voice of that wayward song Is singing and ...
... remember the black wharves and the slips , And the sea - tides tossing free ; And Spanish sailors with bearded lips , And the beauty and mystery of the ships , And the magic of the sea . And the voice of that wayward song Is singing and ...
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... remember where I was born . I will remember Carquinez Straits , Little French Lick and Lundy's Lane , The Yankee ships and the Yankee dates And the bullet - towns of Calamity Jane . I will remember Skunktown Plain . I will fall in love ...
... remember where I was born . I will remember Carquinez Straits , Little French Lick and Lundy's Lane , The Yankee ships and the Yankee dates And the bullet - towns of Calamity Jane . I will remember Skunktown Plain . I will fall in love ...
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... remember it but actually no autumn that black dusk toward the post office And I wrote many other poems then but The ... remember that I did it , and remember you and me then , and write this poem about it . At the beginning of The Circus ...
... remember it but actually no autumn that black dusk toward the post office And I wrote many other poems then but The ... remember that I did it , and remember you and me then , and write this poem about it . At the beginning of The Circus ...
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ANNE BRADSTREET c 16121672 | 1 |
PHILLIS WHEATLEY c 17531784 | 13 |
CLEMENT MOORE 17791863 | 19 |
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