Three Poems
AuthorJohn Ashbery
LanguageEnglish
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
February 15, 1972 (1972-02-15)
Publication placeUnited States
Pages95
ISBN0-670-70906-9

Three Poems is the fifth poetry collection by American writer John Ashbery, published on February 15, 1972, by Viking Press.

Background

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Publication

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Viking Press published the book in hardcover on February 15, 1972, with a list price of $5.95 (equivalent to about $33 in 2023, adjusted for inflation). Viking printed between 1,000–1,144 hardcover copies.[1] The first paperback edition, in a run of 5,000 copies, arrived the same day with a list price of $2.25 (about $12 in 2023).[2] Ecco Press published a second edition in 1989 with a new cover designed by Trevor Winkfield, a painter and friend of Ashbery.[3]

Contents

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Three Poems: table of contents
Order Title Previous publication
Date Journal
1 "The New Spirit"
2 "The System"
3 "The Recital"

Critical reception

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Citations

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  1. ^ Kermani 1976, p. 31.
  2. ^ Kermani 1976, p. 32.
  3. ^ Diggory et al. 2009, p. 505.

Sources

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Diggory, Mark, ed. (2009). Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets. Facts on File, Inc. (an imprint of Infobase Publishing). ISBN 978-0-8160-5743-6.
Kermani, David K. (1976). John Ashbery: A Comprehensive Bibliography, Including His Art Criticism, and with Selected Notes from Unpublished Materials. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. Vol. Vol. 14. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-9997-4 – via the Internet Archive (registration required). {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)


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