As We Know
by (John) Ashbery
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0856353574
- ISBN 13
- 9780856353574
- Seller
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Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Manchester, United Kingdom: Carcanet Press Ltd, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Green cloth with dustwrapper. Slight discolouration and wear to wrapper, otherwise an excellent copy. - 'As We Know' is John Ashbery's eighth major collection of poetry, his second from Carcanet ('Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror' was published in 1977). 'As We Know' includes forty-seven short lyrical pieces and the ambitious and rewarding long poem, 'Litany'. 'Litany' is in many ways Ashbery's most ambitious long poem, written in double columns as two independent but related monologues, meant to be seen or 'overheard' simultaneously. The attempt has been to write a polyphonic dialogue, and the effect is close to that of certain modern music, in which the instruments seem to converse and argue with one another - as in Charles Ives's Second String Quartet and much of the music of Elliott Carter. In 'Litany', as in the shorter lyrics, Ashbery's verse continues to chart the progress of the self in search of an identity it finds reflected - sometimes in the cacophony of the modern urban world, sometimes in the solitude and silences of the spirit. Size: Octavo (Landscape). 118 pages. Category: Poetry; Poetry By Individual Poets; ISBN: 0856353574. ISBN/EAN: 9780856353574. Dewey Code: 811.54. . 9780856353574
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-316).
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Petersfield Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91315
- Title
- As We Know
- Author
- (John) Ashbery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0856353574
- ISBN 13
- 9780856353574
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- BZDB16 Poetry By Individual Poets Poetry; Poetry By Individual Poets; ISBN: 0856353574 EAN: 9780856353574 (John) Ashbery As We Know
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There is nearby "Pay & Display" parking available and we are short walk from Petrsfield Station (On the London to Portsmouth route).
We are members of: ABA, ILAB & PBFA
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