Title: In the process of poetry
Description: "This is the first major theoretical study of the four main figures of the New York School: John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler. Proposing a reinterpretation of the definition of the avant-garde, William Watkin describes it as a movement typified by its commitment to art in process, over the final art product. In a series of in-depth, and wide-reaching, readings, he then goes on to test this assertion in detailed relation to the poetry of the New York School, while also examining how the poets' own work further develops and analyses the concept of the avant-garde in contemporary culture."--Jacket.
Subjects: American Experimental poetry, American Poets, American poetry, Avant-garde (Aesthetics), History and criticism, Homes and haunts, In literature, Intellectual life, American poetry, history and criticism, Literature, experimental, American poetry, history and criticism, 20th century, City and town life in literature, New york (n.y.), in literature, New york (n.y.), intellectual life
Places: New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State)
Time periods: 20th century