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George Oppen : selected poems

edited, with an introduction, by Robert Creeley

(A New Directions paperbook, NDP970)

New Directions Books, 2003

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"Winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-201) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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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Details

  • NCID
    BA68983365
  • ISBN
    • 0811215571
  • LCCN
    2003010670
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York, NY
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 205 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
  • Classification
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