About this work of literary fiction
The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan by Ted Berrigan; Alice Notley; Anselm Berrigan; Edmund Berrigan is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
<p><P>This landmark collection brings Ted Berrigan's published and unpublished poetry together in a single authoritative volume for the first time. Edited by the poet Alice Notley, Berrigan's second wife, and their two sons, <i>The Collected Poems </i>demonstrates the remarkable range, power, and importance of Berrigan's work.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>More than 20 years in preparation, this is a major volume of 20th-century American poetry, bringing together everything that the Providence, R.I.-born Berrigan (1934-1983) would or could have published. Notley (Disobedience, etc.), Berrigan's second wife, and their two sons (both poets) have meticulously re-edited Berrigan's books-he took the book as a real unit of composition-incorporating late drafts and fixes, and carefully re-formatting his very intentionally spaced open field verse. Just as importantly, they have sifted out the chaff from the super-productive Berrigan's oeuvre. Most poetry readers know The Sonnets (1964), Berrigan's brilliant adaptation of Burroughsian cut-ups; they are as fresh, funny and targeted today as were 40 years ago. Fewer, though, know the 11 other books (and many more chapbooks) he published, ea
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- Author
- Ted Berrigan; Alice Notley; Anselm Berrigan; Edmund Berrigan
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520239869
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Poetry
- Rating
- 4.54 / 5 (283 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14