Selected Poems
Published on 9. January 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-8112-1557-2 (ISBN)
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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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8112-1557-2 (9780811215572)
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GEORGE OPPEN (1908-1984) was born in New Rochelle, New York. Often associated
with the Objectivists, Oppen abandoned poetry in the 1930s for political activism,
and later moved to Mexico to avoid the House Un-American Activities Committee.
He returned to poetry-and to the United States-in 1958 and received a Pulitzer
Prize for his work in 1969.
with the Objectivists, Oppen abandoned poetry in the 1930s for political activism,
and later moved to Mexico to avoid the House Un-American Activities Committee.
He returned to poetry-and to the United States-in 1958 and received a Pulitzer
Prize for his work in 1969.