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consists of one, softcover book. The New American Poetry 1945-1960 edited by Donald M. Allen: NY Grove Press Evergreen Original E-237 1960 First Printing (stated); cardstock wraps, 8", 454pp incl. bibliography and author index. The goal, according to Allen, was to present one common characteristic: a total rejection of all those qualities typical of academic verse. Allen's anthology was prophetic in another way. It assigned poets to large overall groupings that have persisted for nearly forty years and have entered the critical nomenclature: Black Mountain, San Francisco Renaissance, Beat Generation, and New York Poets - as well as identifying a group of younger poets 'who have been associated with and in some cases influenced by the leading writers of the preceding groups' (p. xiii). When the Allen anthology came out, several of the featured poets had barely been published" (source: 'A Secret Location on the Lower East Side: Adventures in Writing, 1960-1980,' NYPL and Granary Books). * Allen's compilation, with its appended statements on poetry by various literary luminaries, served to define the canon for two generations of readers, scholars, and critics. Olson, Duncan, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Everson / Antoninus, Blackburn, O'Hara. the list goes on and on. Allen introduced countless thousands to new voices, and deepened appreciation for yet others. To its credit, this book has never gone out of print.

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