New Collected Poems
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (997 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1857546318 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Objectivist Poems For Further Reading George Oppen's New Collected Poems is an updated version of Oppens' 1979 Collected Poems. The Pulitzer Prize poet takes the reader through a journey of his life. The poems have a distinct trait, which are based on Oppen's treaded and somewhat nomadic life that he lived along with his wife, Mary. The Introduction of the book offers tidb. The Clarity of Compassion Nathan Wirth This volume constitutes the most complete collection of Oppen's work to date-- many poems of which have not been anthologized until now. The centerpiece of the collection is Oppen's wonderful book-length poem-- Of Being Numerous. This Pulitzer-prize-winning poem is concerned with the dilemma of seeing the world through the eyes of soli. Mark Statman said Oppen. This is a wonderful collection of this significant poet. Read it slowly. None of the poems are that easy. They are gritty, elegant, smart. The audio a plus.
Edited by poet Michael Davidson, it includes Primitive (the last volume Oppen published, in 1978) as well as previously unpublished work. Admirers of Oppen's foundational volumes should be very pleased with this update. From Publishers Weekly A Modernist who was part of the Objectivist group that included Charles Reznikoff, Louis Zukofsky and Carl Rakosi, George Oppen (1908-1984) won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his masterpiece, Of Being Numerous. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. New Collected Poems gathers that work, along with some missing from the 1975 Collected
And Oppen does so by employing a seemingly simple, spoken idiom. Few poets can convey the utter shock of being able to talk and breathe and drive a car as convincingly as George Oppen can. It adds previously uncollected poems and a selection of unpublished work. It also included William Carlos Williams, Charles Reznikoff, Carl Rakosi and Louis Zukofsky. New Collected Poems gathers all the poet's books published in his lifetime. Peter Campion writes: 'Oppen endeavored to bring the everyday into startling relief, to return all we take for granted to its original strangeness and importance. At the end of his life he could declare, 'I have toldno narrative but ourselves'. 'Readers now have a splendid opportunity to examine this dynamic achievement in full, for
He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968 for "Of Being Numerous." His work is available in "New Collected Poems, " edited by Michael Davidson (2002); "Selected Poems, " edited by Robert Creeley (2003); and "Selected Letters of George Oppen, " edited by Rachel Blau DuPlessis (1990). He is the author of "The San Francisco Renaissance: Poetics and Community at Mid-Century" (1991) and several books of poetry. . He is the author of "The San Francisco Renaissance: Poet