The Oppens remembered : poetry, politics, and friendship /
The Oppens remembered : poetry, politics, and friendship /
edited by Rachel Blau DuPlessis.
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource.
- Recencies series: research and recovery in twentieth-century American poetics .
Includes bibliographies and index.
"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"--
9780826356246
Oppen, George--Friends and associates.
Oppen, Mary, 1908-1990 --Friends and associates.
Poets, American--20th century--Biography.
Poetry and the arts--United States.
Poetics.
Electronic Books.
PS3529 / .O674 2015
Includes bibliographies and index.
"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"--
9780826356246
Oppen, George--Friends and associates.
Oppen, Mary, 1908-1990 --Friends and associates.
Poets, American--20th century--Biography.
Poetry and the arts--United States.
Poetics.
Electronic Books.
PS3529 / .O674 2015