And the Stars Were Shining
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And the Stars Were Shining

Poems

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

And the Stars Were Shining

Poems

About this book

Witty yet heartbreaking, conversational yet richly lyrical, John Ashbery's sixteenth poetry collection showcases a mastery uniquely his own
And the Stars Were Shining originally appeared in 1994, toward the midpoint of a startlingly creative period in Ashbery's long career, during which the great American poet published no fewer than nine books in ten years. The collection brings together more than fifty compact, jewellike, intensely felt poems, including the well-known "Like a Sentence" ("How little we know, / and when we know it!") and the lyrical, deeply moving thirteen-part title poem recognized as one of the author's greatest. This collection is Ashbery at his most accessible, graceful, and elegiac. 

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Information

Publisher
Open Road Media
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780374524340
eBook ISBN
9781480459076
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
American Poetry
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Publisher’s Note
  6. TOKEN RESISTANCE
  7. SPRING CRIES
  8. THE MANDRILL ON THE TURNPIKE
  9. ABOUT TO MOVE
  10. GHOST RIDERS OF THE MOON
  11. THE LOVE SCENES
  12. JUST WHAT’S THERE
  13. TITLE SEARCH
  14. FREE NAIL POLISH
  15. TILL THE BUS STARTS
  16. THE RIDICULOUS TRANSLATOR’S HOPES
  17. THE STORY OF NEXT WEEK
  18. A HUNDRED ALBUMS
  19. A WALTZ DREAM
  20. FALLS TO THE FLOOR, COMES TO THE DOOR
  21. THE LOUNGE
  22. THE IMPROVEMENT
  23. “THE FAVOR OF A REPLY
  24. A HELD THING
  25. STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN AT NIGHT
  26. WORLD’S END
  27. ICE CREAM IN AMERICA
  28. WORKS ON PAPER I
  29. LOCAL TIME
  30. WELL, YES, ACTUALLY
  31. MY GOLD CHAIN
  32. FOOTFALLS
  33. WEATHER AND TURTLES
  34. SOMETIMES IN PLACES
  35. WILLIAM BYRD
  36. ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING
  37. LIKE A SENTENCE
  38. TWO PIECES
  39. THE FRIENDLY CITY
  40. THE DESPERATE HOURS
  41. THE DECLINE OF THE WEST
  42. THE ARCHIPELAGO
  43. GUMMED REINFORCEMENTS
  44. SPOTLIGHT ON AMERICA
  45. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT WHEN
  46. PLEASURE BOATS
  47. PRETTY QUESTIONS
  48. PATHLESS WANDERINGS
  49. ON FIRST LISTENING TO SCHREKER’S DER SCHATZGRÄBER
  50. DINOSAUR COUNTRY
  51. LEEWARD
  52. PARAPH
  53. NOT PLANNING A TRIP BACK
  54. MYRTLE
  55. MAN IN LUREX
  56. IN THE MEANTIME, DARLING
  57. JUST FOR STARTERS
  58. BROMELIADS
  59. COMMERCIAL BREAK
  60. SICILIAN BIRD
  61. MUTT AND JEFF
  62. COVENTRY
  63. AND THE STARS WERE SHINING
  64. About the Author
  65. Copyright

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