John Ashbery's "Collected Poems 1956-1987" contains the complete
text of the poet's first twelve books, from "Some Trees" (1956),
selected for publication by W.H. Auden, to "April Galleons" (1987),
and including "The Vermont Notebook" (1975) with the original
artwork by Joe Brainard, and "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror"
(1976), which won the Pulitzer Prize, together with a selection of
more than sixty previously uncollected poems. To read Ashbery's
work in sequence is to experience the magnitude of his presence in
American poetry over these four decades, as innovator and
influence. His poetry, 'an exuberant script for survival' (Marina
Warner), 'light-footed and delectably irresponsible' (Alfred
Brendel), fascinates with virtuosic complexity and delights with
wry humour. A restless explorer of the modern world, alive to
language and impression, Ashbery enlarges the possibilities of
poetry. With a detailed chronology and notes on the poems,
"Collected Poems 1956-1987" is an indispensable compilation of the
work of one of the essential poets of our time.
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