The Tennis Court Oath: A Book of Poems

Hanover, N.H.: Wesleyan University Press, published by University Press of New England, 1962. 1st ed (stated). Paperback. Two ownership signatures (same person); spine exterior partly sunned; small spot to front wrap verso; else tight clean and very good+ thus.. Octavo in red and black illus wraps; 94 pages. Wesleyan Poetry Classics. [series]. Owner signature of noted UC Berkeley Biology professor Richard Steinhardt.

Contents: Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; The Tennis Court Oath; "They Dream Only of America"; Thoughts of a Young Girl; America; Two Sonnets; To Redouté; Night; "How Much Longer will i be Able to Inhabit the Divine Sepulcher . . ."; Rain; A White Paper; Leaving the Atocha Station; White Roses; The Suspended Life; A Life Drama; Our Youth; The Ticket; An Additional Poem; Measles; Faust; The Lozenges; The Ascetic Sensualists; Landscape; A Last World; The New Realism; The Unknown Travelers; Europe; To the Same Degree; The Passive Preacher; The Shower; Idaho.

Still a touchstone of contemporary avant-garde poetry today, this 35th anniversary edition of John Ashbery's second book celebrates an American poet who has won a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award.

American poetry -- 20th century. Poésie américaine. Poésie américaine -- 20e siècle. POETRY -- American -- General. American poetry Time: 1900-1999 General Info: Other format available: Print version:; Ashbery, John.; Tennis court oath.; [1st ed.].; Hanover, N.H.: Wesleyan University Press, published by University Press of New England, [1962].