Selected Prose, Daybooks, and Papers

by George Oppen

Book Overview

This is the first comprehensive critical edition of the unpublished writings of Pulitzer Prize-winning objectivist poet George Oppen (1908-1984). Editor Stephen Cope has made a judicious selection of Oppen's extant writings outside of poetry, including the essay "The Mind's Own Place" as well as "Twenty-Six Fragments," which were found on the wall of Oppen's study after his death. Most notable are Oppen's "Daybooks," composed in the decade following...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520252322
• ISBN13: 9780520252325
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"