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Title: The New American Poetry, 1945-1960 by Donald Merriam Allen ISBN: 0-520-20953-2 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: July, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Ok Anthology
Comment: Although the name does seem redundant, this book is a great anthology. It has Kerouc and Ginsberg's work when they were younger and not yet famous. They are some of the best poets in the last 50 years now. I recommend this book for a real poetry enthusiast or someone who needs to add to their poetry library, but if you just want a taste of poetry, find something else.
Rating: 3
Summary: Great Anthology
Comment: Although the name does seem redundant, this book is a great anthology. It has Kerouc and Ginsberg's work when they were younger and not yet famous. They are some of the best poets in the last 50 years now. I recommend this book for a real poetry enthusiast or someone who needs to add to their poetry library, but if you just want a taste of poetry, find something else.
Rating: 5
Summary: An exciting moment in American literature
Comment: Donald Allen's New American Poetry served its purpose very well as a dignified, major anthology of poets whose reputations were then far from secured. It has two very serious flaws. It vastly under-represents women & poets of color. It also creates arbitrary "schools" of poetry that hardly existed then & exist not at all now. In the year 2000, the purpose of this book is perhaps not so clear. Except for Olson, these are all early poems from young poets, many of whom are quite dead now. This anthology is hardly a fair representation of, or introduction to, their art.
But there are two strengths at work here. The New American Poetry is a marvelous historical document of a particular time, an exciting moment in American literature. Also, there are many poets here who subsequently had wonderful careers without attaining the celebrity of Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbury or Robert Creeley. Some of the finest poets in this book have pitifully few of their own best books in print .. the delights of their smaller collections. So the reader may be encountering Helen Adam, Larry Eigner, Ron Lowensohn, Ray Bremser & Joel Oppenheimer for the first time. Or become reacquainted with Paul Blackburn & Denise Levertov.
Even when you keep in mind that the New American Poetry is neither an infallible literary bible of its time nor a substitute for broader anthologies like The Voice that is Great Within Us, the beautiful music it contains will still pack a wallop to your heart & mind.
Bob Rixon
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Title: All Poets Welcome: The Lower East Side Poetry Scene in the 1960s, Includes 35-track CD of audio clips of poetry readings by Daniel Kane ISBN: 0520233859 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Crown of Weeds (Penguin Poets) by Amy Gerstler ISBN: 0140587780 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Last Avant-Garde : The Making of the New York School of Poets by David Lehman ISBN: 0385495331 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: In the Small of My Backyard by Matt Cook ISBN: 0916397785 Publisher: Manic D Press Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975 by Robert Creeley ISBN: 0520042441 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: March, 1985 List Price(USD): $16.22 |
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