| Description |
xvi, 359 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-344) and index. |
| Contents |
Situating the avant-garde in postwar America: community, individualism, and Cold War culture -- Emerson, pragmatism, and the "new American poetry" -- "my force is in mobility": selfhood and friendship in Frank O'Hara's poetry -- Growing up with our brothers all around: John Ashbery and the interpersonal -- Amiri Baraka and the poetics of turning away -- "Against the speech of friends": Baraka's white friend blues -- "A rainy wool Frankie and Johnny": O'Hara, Ashbery, and the paradoxes of friendship. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American poetry. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Friendship in literature.
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Friendship in literature. |
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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Intellectual life. |
| ISBN |
019518100X cloth alkaline paper |
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9780195181005 |
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