John Ashbery and you : his later books / John Emil Vincent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vincent, John Emil, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ashbery, John, 1927-2017--Criticism and interpretation.

Ashbery, John.

Ashbery, John, 1927-2017.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xii, 192 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2007]

Summary:

John Ashbery and You approaches Ashberys critically neglected recent poetry with an ear to his use of the supremely elastic pronoun you and an eye toward his construction of his books as books. Together, these devices produce effects new to Ashberys oeuvre and offer readers new ways in to his work. John Ashbery and You argues that starting with April Galleons (1987), and reaching an apex in Your Name Here (2000), the poet has been paying increasingly keen and affectionate attention to his readers. Vincent tracks these techniques but above all offers his readers tools to reapproach a dauntingly difficult body of work.

Contents:

Introduction: Ending up in the décor

April galleons: forgetting, evading, holding off

Flow chart: drawing it out

Hotel Lautréamont: an unpeopled place

And the stars were shining: title search

Can you hear, bird: order and flux

Girls on the run: escaping the future

Your name here: John Ashbery and you

Conclusion: The end of the book.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188) and index.

ISBN:

9780820329734

0820329738

OCLC:

85162091