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New Collected Poems

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ISBN: 978 1 857546 31 6
Categories: 20th Century, American
Imprint: Carcanet Poetry
Published: July 2003
216 x 135 mm
600 pages
Publisher: Carcanet Press

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Edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Davidson
Preface by Eliot Weinberger

George Oppen's New Collected Poems gathers all of the poet's books published in his lifetime (1908-1984). It adds previously uncollected poems and a selection of his unpublished work. One of America's most vigorous modernists, he was a member of the Objectivist group that flourished in the 1930s, which also included William Carlos Williams, Charles Reznikoff, Carl Rakosi and Louis Zukofsky. Ezra Pound called him 'a serious craftsman, a sensibility which is not every man's sensibility and which has not been got out of any other man's book'. This edition includes generous annotation and a full introduction.

GEORGE OPPEN was born in New Rochelle, New York. His first book of poems, Discrete Series (1934), was published by the Objectivist Press. Then for nearly a quarter of a century he fell poetically silent, becoming a political activist, choosing exile in Mexico in the 1950s. When he began writing poetry ... read more

Stephen Burt, Times Literary Supplement, 15th April 2005 Shipwrecked singular
By the end of the 1960s, many younger American poets saw George Oppen (1908 84) not only as a rediscovered resource, a good poet who came into his own rather late, but also as a pre-eminent moral example, a man of the Left who succeeded, where so many failed, in making his poetry include at once a political stance, a commitment to modernist difficulty, and an unimpeachable sense of personal integrity. read more

Reviewed by Daniel Kane in Pequod
[The] publication of George Oppen's New Collected Poems is cause for major celebration and delight. read more

Reviewed by Michael Heller in the Jewish Chronicle
The late George Oppen, one of America's most important poets, insisted that he was a "realist" poet, realist in the sense that he believed that "a world existed out there before the fact of the poem." read more

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New Collected Poems George Oppen RRP: GBP£ 18.95 Discount: 10% You Save: GBP£ 1.89 Price: GBP£ 17.05 Available Paperback ISBN: 978 1 857546 31 6 Categories: 20th Century, American Imprint: Carcanet Poetry Published: July 2003 216 x 135 mm 600 pages Publisher: Carcanet Press Description Author Reviews Edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Davidson Preface by Eliot Weinberger George Oppen's New Collected Poems gathers all of the poet's books published in his lifetime (1908-1984). It adds previously uncollected poems and a selection of his unpublished work. One of America's most vigorous modernists, he was a member of the Objectivist group that flourished in the 1930s, which also included William Carlos Williams, Charles Reznikoff, Carl Rakosi and Louis Zukofsky. Ezra Pound called him 'a serious craftsman, a sensibility which is not every man's sensibility and which has not been got out of any other man's book'. This edition includes generous annotation and a full introduction. GEORGE OPPEN was born in New Rochelle, New York. His first book of poems, Discrete Series (1934), was published by the Objectivist Press. Then for nearly a quarter of a century he fell poetically silent, becoming a political activist, choosing exile in Mexico in the 1950s. When he began writing poetry ... read more Stephen Burt, Times Literary Supplement, 15th April 2005 Shipwrecked singular By the end of the 1960s, many younger American poets saw George Oppen (1908 84) not only as a rediscovered resource, a good poet who came into his own rather late, but also as a pre-eminent moral example, a man of the Left who succeeded, where so many failed, in making his poetry include at once a political stance, a commitment to modernist difficulty, and an unimpeachable sense of personal integrity. read more Reviewed by Daniel Kane in Pequod [The] publication of George Oppen's New Collected Poems is cause for major celebration and delight. read more Reviewed by Michael Heller in the Jewish Chronicle The late George Oppen, one of America's most important poets, insisted that he was a "realist" poet, realist in the sense that he believed that "a world existed out there before the fact of the poem." read more You might also be interested in: The Charles Olson Reader Charles Olson, Edited by Ralph Maud	Share this... Quick Links Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry Comma Press FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Let's Gimbal! read more Carcanet New Poetry Showcase: The Audience Writes Back read more John Gallas: A Little Andaluciad read more Carcanet Poetry Showcase: 30th April read more The Manchester Writing Competition 2013 read more Six Sixty-Six: Infinity by Gabriel Josipovici read more
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