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John Ashbery (Critical Survey of Poetry)
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Although known mainly as a poet, John Ashbery has produced a number of works in various genres. A Nest of Ninnies (1969) is a humorous novel about middle-class American life written by Ashbery in collaboration with James Schuyler. His plays include The Compromise: Or, Queen of the Carabou (pr. 1956) and Three Plays (pb. 1978). He also produced a volume of art criticism, Reported Sightings: Art Chronicles, 1957-1987 (1989). His Charles Eliot Norton Lectures (given at Harvard University) were collected as Other Traditions...
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