The last avant-garde : the making of the New York School of Poets /

Lehman, David, -1948

The last avant-garde : the making of the New York School of Poets / by David Lehman. - New York : Doubleday, 1998 - 433 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-414) and index.

A landmark cultural history: The story of how four young poets--John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler--reinvented literature and turned New York into the arts capital of the world. of photos. www.alibris.com

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American poetry--New York (State)
American poetry--New York.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--New York (State)
City and town life in literature.
Experimental poetry, American--New York

PS 255.N5 / .L528 1998