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“What Becomes of Us as We Read?”: Ashbery and Ethical Criticism

January 13, 2014

“What Becomes of Us as We Read?”: Ashbery and Ethical Criticism

By Andrew Field

What are some reasons why we read poetry? Why turn to a poem over a novel, a play, a philosophical treatise?

Jan
13
2014
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What are some reasons why we read poetry? Why turn to a poem over a novel, a play, a philosophical treatise?

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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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