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13 Ways of Looking at the Pragmatist Ashbery, OR Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty: Ashbery and the Central Doctrine of American Pragmatism

November 19, 2012

13 Ways of Looking at the Pragmatist Ashbery, OR Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty: Ashbery and the Central Doctrine of American Pragmatism

By Andrew Field

So what are some other major facets of Ashbery’s relationship to American pragmatism?

Nov
19
2012
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So what are some other major facets of Ashbery’s relationship to American pragmatism?

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“This Was the First Day / Of the New Experience”: Notes Towards a Pragmatist Reading of Ashbery’s Poetry and Poetics, Part I

November 12, 2012

“This Was the First Day / Of the New Experience”: Notes Towards a Pragmatist Reading of Ashbery’s Poetry and Poetics, Part I

By Andrew Field

I want to start with a problem: an overwhelming, close to paralyzing sense that an essay about John Ashbery’s poetry is like a representational critique of a cubist painting.

Nov
12
2012
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I want to start with a problem: an overwhelming, close to paralyzing sense that an essay about John Ashbery’s poetry is like a representational critique of a cubist painting.

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Metaphysicians in the Dark: Poetry, Thinking, and Nostalgia for the Idea

September 7, 2011

Metaphysicians in the Dark: Poetry, Thinking, and Nostalgia for the Idea

By Daniel Tutt

Does poetry think with philosophy? Or might we re-pose the question: does poetry rely on philosophy to think?

Sep
07
2011
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Does poetry think with philosophy? Or might we re-pose the question: does poetry rely on philosophy to think?

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The Four Functions and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

April 20, 2011

The Four Functions and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

By Joe Weil

As Kafka said: “The crows maintain that a single crow could destroy the heavens; doubtless this is so, but it proves nothing against the heavens, for the heavens signify simply: the impossibility of crows.”

Apr
20
2011
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As Kafka said: “The crows maintain that a single crow could destroy the heavens; doubtless this is so, but it proves nothing against the heavens, for the heavens signify simply: the impossibility of crows.”

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