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by: David Lehman
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.008
EAN: 9780195162516
ISBN: 019516251X
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1200
Publication Date: April 03, 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Sales Rank: 159060
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Product Description:
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 succinct and 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 the Objectivist 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 1976 volume 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 as Josephine 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.
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Rating:  - Wow!
I have this bad habit of buying anthologies of poetry, though I have many favorite poets. This time, I almost made it to the checkout with the collected works of Robert Frost when I stumbled upon this amazing gem. This is the most complete anthology of American poets I have yet to see. I would dare say even, "definitive". I paid full price for it (fool that I am) and don't regret it one bit. This volume is priceless.
Rating:  - Interesting but Unbalanced
The one thing a reader may reasonably ask of such a collection is that it make a serious effort to be balanced. Greatness and coverage have to fight it out, with a vision of the whole book acting as referee. This does not really happen here. For example, the editor is something of an expert on A.R.Ammons, and a dozen or so of his poems are included. James Dickey? Nothing. Nary a jingle. This raises uncomfortable questions, as Dickey was clearly one of the finest American poets of the second ... Read More
Rating: - New Anthology takes American Poetry to a new level
David Lehman's collective process is very well done. The earlier editions of this anthology don't use Whitman as a pinnacle point in the tradition of American poetry. I highly recommend this to any avid reader of poetry, students, teachers, or just those curious about a succinct overview of American poetics.
Rating: - Oxford Collection - need I say more?
An amazing collection - thorough - thoughtful - and a delight to browse through.
Rating: - An Invitation into the World of American Poetry
If you love poetry, one book will never satisfy your hunger or lifelong search for poem perfection. Each book offers a unique perspective and The Oxford Book of American Poetry seeks to present an American viewpoint with over 200 poets revealing their most intimate thoughts. The poems warmly present insights into the viewpoint of the poets as they comment on cultural norms or decry conditions of their times.
The first poems seem to set a tradition of extensive stories to blend observations ... Read More
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