The Tennis Court Oath: A Book of Poems
by Ashbery, John
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- Paperback
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- Two ownership signatures (same person); spine exterior partly sunned; small spot to front wrap verso; else tight clean and very
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Hanover, N.H.: Wesleyan University Press, published by University Press of New England, 1962. 1st ed (stated). Paperback. Two ownership signatures (same person); spine exterior partly sunned; small spot to front wrap verso; else tight clean and very good+ thus.. Octavo in red and black illus wraps; 94 pages. Wesleyan Poetry Classics. [series]. Owner signature of noted UC Berkeley Biology professor Richard Steinhardt.
Contents: Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; The Tennis Court Oath; "They Dream Only of America"; Thoughts of a Young Girl; America; Two Sonnets; To Redouté; Night; "How Much Longer will i be Able to Inhabit the Divine Sepulcher . . ."; Rain; A White Paper; Leaving the Atocha Station; White Roses; The Suspended Life; A Life Drama; Our Youth; The Ticket; An Additional Poem; Measles; Faust; The Lozenges; The Ascetic Sensualists; Landscape; A Last World; The New Realism; The Unknown Travelers; Europe; To the Same Degree; The Passive Preacher; The Shower; Idaho.
Still a touchstone of contemporary avant-garde poetry today, this 35th anniversary edition of John Ashbery's second book celebrates an American poet who has won a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award.
American poetry -- 20th century. Poésie américaine. Poésie américaine -- 20e siècle. POETRY -- American -- General. American poetry Time: 1900-1999 General Info: Other format available: Print version:; Ashbery, John.; Tennis court oath.; [1st ed.].; Hanover, N.H. : Wesleyan University Press, published by University Press of New England, [1962].
Contents: Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; The Tennis Court Oath; "They Dream Only of America"; Thoughts of a Young Girl; America; Two Sonnets; To Redouté; Night; "How Much Longer will i be Able to Inhabit the Divine Sepulcher . . ."; Rain; A White Paper; Leaving the Atocha Station; White Roses; The Suspended Life; A Life Drama; Our Youth; The Ticket; An Additional Poem; Measles; Faust; The Lozenges; The Ascetic Sensualists; Landscape; A Last World; The New Realism; The Unknown Travelers; Europe; To the Same Degree; The Passive Preacher; The Shower; Idaho.
Still a touchstone of contemporary avant-garde poetry today, this 35th anniversary edition of John Ashbery's second book celebrates an American poet who has won a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award.
American poetry -- 20th century. Poésie américaine. Poésie américaine -- 20e siècle. POETRY -- American -- General. American poetry Time: 1900-1999 General Info: Other format available: Print version:; Ashbery, John.; Tennis court oath.; [1st ed.].; Hanover, N.H. : Wesleyan University Press, published by University Press of New England, [1962].
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- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
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- Title
- The Tennis Court Oath: A Book of Poems
- Author
- Ashbery, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Two ownership signatures (same person); spine exterior partly sunned; small spot to front wrap verso; else tight clean and very
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed (stated)
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press, published by University Press of New England
- Place of Publication
- Hanover, N.H.
- Date Published
- 1962
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