Shaw, Lytle
Frank O'Hara
- ISBN 13:
- 9781609381691
- author:
- Shaw, Lytle
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Iowa Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 346
- Genre:
- Biographies ; Autobiographies, Literary
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Frank O'Hara: A New Language for Understanding the Poet and His World Lytle Shaw's innovative study explores how Frank O'Hara used social and philosophical problems to create a new understanding of the poet, art critic, and curator. O'Hara's poetry is characterized by its use of names from his personal circle and broader cultural references. Shaw argues that O'Hara's approach to association and reference was not limited to an insular audience, but rather opened up possibilities for a gay writer operating outside traditional structures. This experimental model also guided O'Hara's art writing, which challenged dominant views on abstract expressionism and its relation to the audience. By situating O'Hara within debates about art and its audience, Shaw demonstrates that his interest in coterie was not a biographical anomaly, but rather a radical literary and artistic invention.
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