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The Oxford book of American poetry / chosen and edited by David Lehman ; associate editor, John Breh...

The Oxford book of American poetry / chosen and edited ...

The Oxford book of American poetry / chosen and edited by David Lehman ; associate editor, John Breh...

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The Oxford book of American poetry / chosen and edited by David Lehman ; associate editor, John Brehm.

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Full title

The Oxford book of American poetry / chosen and edited by David Lehman ; associate editor, John Brehm.

Publisher

lcac.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Uniform title

Oxford book of American verse.

Date

2006.

Call Numbers

G 2013/6819

Record Identifier

74VKKJ3K0EjA

MMS ID

991021816099702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

lvii, 1132 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents

Allen Ginsberg -- James Merrill -- Frank O'hara -- W. D. Snodgrass -- David Wagoner -- Lew Welch -- John Ashbery -- Galway Kinnell -- W. S. Merwin -- James Wright -- Donald Hall -- Philip Levine -- Anne Sexton -- John Hollander -- Richard Howard -- Adrienne Rich -- Harry mathews -- Gary Snyder -- Sy...

Anne Bradstreet -- Edward Taylor -- Philip Freneau -- Phillis Wheatley -- Joel Barlow -- Francis Scott Key -- Clement Moore -- Fitz-Greene Halleck -- William Cullen Bryant -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- John Greenleaf Whittier -- Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Edgar Allan Poe -- J...

Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Samuel Greenberg -- Dorothy Parker -- E. E. Cummings -- Charles Reznikoff -- H. Phelps Putnam -- Bessie Smith -- Jean Tomer -- Mark Van Doren -- Louise Bogan -- John Wheelwright -- Stephen Vincent Benet -- Melvin B. Tolson -- Leonie Adams -- Hart Crane -- Allen Tate -- Yvo...

Publication information

Publisher

lcac.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2006.

Subjects

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Scope and Contents

Summary

This collection redefines the great canon of American poetry from its origins in the 17th century right up to the present. It features the work of more than 200 poets, almost three times as many as the 1976 edition. The book includes not only writers born since the previous edition, but also many fine poets overlooked in earlier editions or little...

Alternative Titles

Full title

The Oxford book of American poetry / chosen and edited by David Lehman ; associate editor, John Brehm.

Variant title

Oxford book of American verse.

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Notes

General note

Rev. ed of: Oxford book of American verse. 1950.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N811.008/11.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2013/6819

Record Identifier

74VKKJ3K0EjA

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKJ3K0EjA

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9780195162516

019516251X (hardcover : acid-free paper)

DDC

811.008

MMS ID

991021816099702626

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