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Rivers and Mountains : Poems by John Ashbery [Ashbery, John] is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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From one of our most important modern poets comes an essential early collection, including the famous long poems 'The Skaters' and 'Clepsydra'. When Rivers and Mountains was published in 1966, American poetry was in a state of radical redefinition, with John Ashbery recognized as one of the leading voices in the New York School of poets. Ashbery himself had just returned to America from ten years abroad working as an art critic in France, and Rivers and Mountains, his third published collection of poems, is now considered by many critics to represent a pivotal transition point in his artistic career. The poet who would gain widespread acclaim with his multiple-award-winning Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975) is, in this collection, still very much engaged in the intimate, personal project of taking his poetry apart and putting it back together again, interrogating not just the act of writing but poetry itself--its purpose, its composition, its fundamental parts. Read more... Abstract: From one of our most important modern poets comes an essential early collection, including the famous long poems 'The Skaters' and 'Clepsydra'. When Rivers and Mountains was published in 1966, Am
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- Author
- John Ashbery [Ashbery, John]
- Publisher
- Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780912946382
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, Literary Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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