Ebook: George Oppen and the fate of modernism
Author: Oppen George, Nicholls Peter, Oppen George
- Tags: Oppen George -- Criticism and interpretation. Modernism (Literature) POETRY -- American -- General. Oppen George.
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: New York, Oxford
- Language: English
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This study of 20th-century American poet George Oppen promises to become a key resource for those interested not only in Oppen himself, but in the history of literary modernism. Drawing extensively on largely unpublished papers and presenting material that has not yet appeared in print, Peter Nicholls gives a detailed account of Oppen's life and work, enriched by close readings of many of his poems. - ;Regard for Read more...
Abstract: This study of 20th-century American poet George Oppen promises to become a key resource for those interested not only in Oppen himself, but in the history of literary modernism. Drawing extensively on largely unpublished papers and presenting material that has not yet appeared in print, Peter Nicholls gives a detailed account of Oppen's life and work, enriched by close readings of many of his poems. - ;Regard for George Oppen's poetry has been growing steadily over the last decade. Peter Nicholls's study offers a timely opportunity to engage with a body of work which can be both luminously sim