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The Oppens Remembered : Poetry, Politics, and Friendship /
"Poet George Oppen (1908-1984) and artist and writer Mary Oppen (1908-1990) were striking, exemplary, and somewhat mysterious cultural figures of the last decades of the twentieth century. To a younger group of artists, George Oppen functioned as a mentor, an irritant, and a supporter. Together...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "Poet George Oppen (1908-1984) and artist and writer Mary Oppen (1908-1990) were striking, exemplary, and somewhat mysterious cultural figures of the last decades of the twentieth century. To a younger group of artists, George Oppen functioned as a mentor, an irritant, and a supporter. Together, because of their intense and unique union, the Oppens provided a model of the companionate artistic life. In this book the poets, editors, writers, composers, and teachers who knew the couple consider their encounters and relationships with George and Mary Oppen. Set at a politically crucial time in US history, from the Cold War through the Vietnam War and the women's movement, the essays show how people tried to integrate art and politics in the spirit of the Oppens' own debates and choices"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780826356246 |