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Selected Poems
A selection of innovative poems by the groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize winner.
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
September 1st 2003
by New Directions Publishing Corporation
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Appreciation but not love. That’s how I feel about Oppen. I see the skill here. I see the intelligence, but I’m not drawn to the aesthetic. There’s something that happened in the 70s -- feminists went to the stripped down “tell it raw.” Guys like Oppen shied away from narrative. I miss narrative. The idea is that we will admire the intelligence that creates work that’s got the fewest pieces to hang meaning on. But I like structure, I suppose. I like to feel the intent behind a piece. Otherwise I...more
"The distinctions of what one does / And what is done to him blurrs // Bodies dream selves / For themselves // From the substance / Of the cold // Yet we move / Are moving // Are we not // Do we hear the heavy moving / Of the past in barns"
an excerpt from, "Alpine"
an excerpt from, "Alpine"
So far it is a remarkable collection. Some of it I cannot yet make high or low of but when it hits home, it really hits home.
first poet I loved
Yeah. This is pretty important I think. The later poems, I think, are really the important ones, some of them. I didn't buy the New Collected because I figured that decision would be the difference between reading the whole book v. not, so picking this one's probably why I actually got to the later poems, and now'd be interested in reading the New Collected later on.
It's worth reading a little about his relationship with Heidegger's writing.
It's worth reading a little about his relationship with Heidegger's writing.
Wonderful poems. Once "Of Being Numerous" starts, the collection becomes steadier and takes a turn for the eloquent, that was unreached in his prior poems.
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"This in which" (1965) y "On being numerous" (1968) son dos libros extraordinarios. Merecen ser publicados (leídos) como libros independientes. Luego los poemas se vuelven más ensimismados, por no decir monologantes, y la sintaxis enloquece no poco.
a modern genius of language. CRISP. BRILLANT. PERFECT.
i live by......
"There are things we live among, and to see them is to know ourselves."
Check out stephen cope's article in the back.
i live by......
"There are things we live among, and to see them is to know ourselves."
Check out stephen cope's article in the back.
Stick to On Being Numerous.
keen on my part to actually finally get to Oppen, as "Of Being Numerous" quickly ascended position in my top three personal favorite poems list.
Oppen turns me on.
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George Oppen (April 24, 1908 - July 7, 1984) was an American poet, best known as one of the members of the Objectivist group of poets. He abandoned poetry in the 1930s for political activism, and later moved to Mexico to avoid the attentions of the House Un-American Activities Committee. He returned to poetry — and to the United States — in 1958, and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1969.
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