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" A worldly country : "
John Ashbery.
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BL
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993862
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b748232
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| Main Entry
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Ashbery, John,1927-2017
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| Title & Author
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A worldly country : : new poems /\ John Ashbery.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Ecco,, [2007]
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| Page. NO
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76 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0061173835
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: 0061173843
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: 9780061173837
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: 9780061173844
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| Notes
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The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
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| Contents
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A worldly country -- To be affronted -- Streakiness -- Feverfew -- Opposition to a memorial -- For now -- Image problem -- Litanies -- Like a photograph -- A kind of chill -- One evening, a train -- Mottled Tuesday -- Old-style plentiful -- Well-scrubbed interior -- Cliffhanger -- The ecstasy -- Filigrane -- Ukase -- Casuistry -- Andante favori -- The handshake, the cough, the kiss -- Yes, "Señor" Fluffy -- The Inchcape Rock -- Lacrimae rerun -- A perfect hat -- So, yes -- Of the "East" River's charm -- La bonne chanson -- Feast or famine -- Imperfect sympathies -- The Black Prince -- Forwarded -- They are still rather lovely -- Thrill of a romance -- A litmus tale -- The binomial theorem -- Hungry again -- Promenade -- The recipe -- A small table in the street -- It, or something -- One of his nature poems -- And other stories -- The gallant needful -- America the lovely -- Anticipated stranger -- Phantoum -- The loneliness -- On seeing an old copy of Vogue on a chair -- A November -- Sleeper wedding -- Pavane pour Helen Twelvetrees -- Are you ticklish? -- Asides on the theorbo -- Autumn tea leaves -- Objection sustained -- So long, Santa -- Singalong.
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| Abstract
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A collection of new works by the National Book Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-winning author explores such themes as starting over, self-acceptance, and optimism.
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| Dewey Classification
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811/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3501.S475W67 2007
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18.06bcl
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