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by: George Oppen
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.52
EAN: 9780811215572
ISBN: 0811215571
Label: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2003-09
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Sales Rank: 662966
Studio: New Directions Publishing Corporation
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A selection of innovative poems by the groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize winner.
The Selected Poems is a unique selection of Oppen's work from the seven books he published during his lifetime. Edited by one of our most respected contemporary poets, Robert Creeley, who provides an informative introduction, George Oppen's Selected Poems includes Oppen's only known essay, 'A Mind's Own Place,' as well as 'Twenty-Six Fragments' which Oppen wrote on envelopes and scraps of paper and posted to his wall, edited by Stephen Cope. Also incorporated is a helpful chronology and bibliography of his writings by Rachel Blau DuPlessis, celebrated editor of Oppen's letters. On his death, Hugh Kenner wrote, 'George Oppen, gentlest of men...prized what took time, found the grain of materials, exacted accuracy.' Oppen's Selected Poems is the perfect text for teaching and a remarkable window into a world of lasting light and clarity.
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Rating: - A Singular Poet
Although his masterpiece is titled "Of Being Numerous", George Oppen (1908 -- 1984) led a singular life and wrote in a singular voice. His poetry explores the tensions between the multiplicity of images, places, ideas, and people, and the solitary self. This selection of Oppen's poetry edited by Robert Creeley includes poems from each of Oppen's published books together with an introductory essay by Creeley, Oppen's only essay, and a useful chronology. It is an excellent introduction to a too ... Read More
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