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John ashberys annotated first edition of the tennis court. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. This essay argues that a book such as the tennis court oath 1962 is better read, not for its encrypted autobiographical content, but for its giddy strange tone, its queer affect. But reading it while youve immersed yourself in a glut of charles simic is an especially bad idea. Request pdf on jan 1, 2018, anna warso and others published john ashbery i goscinnosc zaimkow. Poems such as europe and a last world do not detail ashbery s emotions in a documentary or. Explore john ashbery s biography, personal life, family and cause of death. Nov 11, 2014 many of them are quite interesting, but one that caught my eye was the copy of john ashberys famously experimental and controversial second book, the tennis court oath, published by wesleyan university press in 1962. But it cannot change much because it is always me or some form of me. It doesnt seem like he takes on the subject of popular culture in this book, the way he does in some of his later stuff. Still a touchstone of contemporary avantgarde poetry today, this 35th anniversary edition of john.
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