The Mooring Of Starting Out: The First Five Books of Poetry
by John Ashbery
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Author: John AshberyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997
ISBN: 0880015470
Number of pages: 389
Publisher: Ecco
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Summary: 5 Stars
I'm just beginning my wrestle with this beautiful, maddening book and can already see it's going to be a long and fruitful one. Little here sounds early--the unsettling dreaminess, walking a thin line between philosophy and nonsense, is there from the first and only deepens. The voice is one you're bound to recognize, a blend of uncertainty and love for the surface beauty of things; a world constantly appearing, but never there long enough to leave more than a skater's trace. And tres American. It's hard to imagine (here in the first flush) how any other way of writing could speak so prettily and still keep a straight face in this doubting age of ours that offers so much to see and love.
Summary of The Mooring Of Starting Out: The First Five Books of Poetry
Most critics would agree that John Ashbery is one of 20th-century American poetry's finest voices. Perhaps his most admired book is Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, a culmination of themes, styles, and forms with which the poet experimented over the course of two decades. Now, the poet's devoted readers can trace his development through the first five books of his poetry, collected here in one handy volume. The Mooring of Starting Out represents Ashbery's work from 1956 through 1972, comprising Some Trees, his first book; The Tennis Court Oath, written while he was living in Paris.
Most critics would agree that John Ashbery is one of 20th-century American poetry's finest voices. Perhaps his most admired book is Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, a culmination of themes, styles, and forms with which the poet experimented over the course of two decades. Now, the poet's devoted readers can trace his development through the first five books of his poetry, collected here in one handy volume. The Mooring of Starting Out represents Ashbery's work from 1956 through 1972, comprising Some Trees, his first book; The Tennis Court Oath, written while he was living in Paris; Rivers and Mountains; The Double Dream of Spring; and Three Poems.
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