The Oxford Book of American Poetry

Informationen zum Autor David Lehman is Poetry Coordinator of the New School Writing Program in New York City. His most recent books of poetry are The Evening Sun and When a Woman Loves a Man and he has written five books of critical prose, including The Last Avant-Garde: The Making of the New York School of Poets and The Perfect Murder: A Study in Detection. He founded The Best American Poetry series in 1988 and continues to serve as general editor of this prestigious anthology. He also edited Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to the Present and co-edited The KGB Bar Book of Poems, based on the reading series he directed with Star Black in New York's East Village. John Brehm (Associate Editor) is a poet and free-lance writer. His works include The Way Water Moves and Sea of Faith, which won a Brittingham Prize for Poetry. He lives in New York City. Klappentext Here is the eagerly awaited new edition of The Oxford Book of American Poetry brought completely up to date and dramatically expanded by poet David Lehman. It is a rich, capacious volume, featuring the work of more than 200 poets-almost three times as many as the 1976 edition. Featuring the work of more than 200 poets, and including a head note introducing each author, this is an anthology of American poetry. It is suitable for interested in American literature.

Product details

• Authors: David (EDT)/ Brehm Lehman, David Lehman, Lehman David
• Assisted by: John Brehm (Editor), David Lehman (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 03.04.2006
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama
• EAN: 9780195162516
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516251-6
• Dimensions (packing): 17.5 x 23.8 x 6 cm
• Subjects: POETRY / General, Poetry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, The Americas, Poetry / Poems