Planisphere - New Poems

"Ashbery is a national treasure." -- New York Times Book Review The poetry of John Ashbery has been awarded virtually every conceivable literary prize including the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the Griffin , and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Planisphere is a new collection by one of America ''s most innovative and influential poets--an exceptional artist whose work stands alongside the finest of Whitman, Dickinson, Stevens, and Hart Crane. For more than half a century Ashbery has been producing timeless works such as Chinese Whispers, Hotel Lautreamont, A Wave, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, and Where Shall I Wander . Planisphere is proof that the master only improves with age.

Product details

• Authors: John Ashbery
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780061915215
• ISBN: 978-0-06-191521-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; POETRY: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY: POETS: A TO B, POETRY: General, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Places, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Speeches, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / General, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Family, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Medieval