03265nam 2200721 a 450 991096458660332120260303201009.00-19-029271-70-19-538898-497866111590091-281-15900-X0-19-534356-51-4294-5913-1(CKB)2560000000295623(EBL)430821(OCoLC)560271223(SSID)ssj0000109475(PQKBManifestationID)11114009(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109475(PQKBWorkID)10058817(PQKB)10219715(SSID)ssj0001142662(PQKBManifestationID)12385376(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001142662(PQKBWorkID)11098160(PQKB)11455116(StDuBDS)EDZ0000039227(Au-PeEL)EBL430821(CaPaEBR)ebr10160504(CaONFJC)MIL115900(MiAaPQ)EBC430821(FINmELB)ELB167186(EXLCZ)99256000000029562320051104d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeautiful enemies friendship and postwar American poetry /Andrew Epstein1st ed.Oxford [England] ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (376 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-518100-X 0-19-985101-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-344) and index.Situating the avant-garde in postwar America: community, individualism, and Cold War culture -- Emerson, pragmatism, and the "new American poetry" -- "my force is in mobility": selfhood and friendship in Frank O'Hara's poetry -- Growing up with our brothers all around: John Ashbery and the interpersonal -- Amiri Baraka and the poetics of turning away -- "Against the speech of friends": Baraka's white friend blues -- "A rainy wool Frankie and Johnny": O'Hara, Ashbery, and the paradoxes of friendship.Abbreviations Introduction 1. Situation the Avant-Garde in Postwar America Community, Individualism, and Cold War Culture 2. Emerson, Pragmatism, and the ""New American Poetry"" 3. ""My Force Is in Mobility"" Selfhood and Friendship in Frank O'Hara's Poetry 4. Growing Up with Our Brothers All Around John Ashbery and the Interpersonal 5. Amiri Baraka and the Poetics of Turning Away 6. ""Against the Speech of Friends"" Baraka's White Friend Blues 7. ""A Rainy Wool Frankie and Johnny"" O'Hara, Ashbery, and the Paradoxes of Friendship Conclusion Notes Works Cited IndexAmerican poetry20th centuryHistory and criticismFriendship in literatureUnited StatesIntellectual life20th centuryAmerican poetryHistory and criticism.Friendship in literature.811/.5409353Epstein Andrew1969-1610832MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964586603321Beautiful enemies4548265UNINA