The Collected Poems of George Oppen [Paperback]

George Oppen (Author)

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Publication Date: October 1976

from DISCRETE SERIES to 1975 (excluding PRIMITIVE)

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Alpine
Animula
Antique
Armies Of The Plain (1)
Armies Of The Plain (2)
Bahamas
Ballad
The Bicycles And The Apex
Birthplace: New Rochelle
Blood From The Stone (1)
Blood From The Stone (2)
Blood From The Stone (3)
Blood From The Stone (4)
Book Of Job & A Draft Of Poem To Praise Paths Of The Living
Boy's Room
The Building Of The Skyscraper
California
Carpenter's Boat
Chartres
The City Of Keansburg
Coastal Strip
Confession
The Crowded Countries Of The Bomb
Daedalus: The Dirge
Debt
Discrete Series (1)
Discrete Series (2)
Discrete Series (4)
Discrete Series (6)
Discrete Series (7)
Discrete Series (8)
Discrete Series (9)
Drawing (1)
Drawing (2)
Drawing (3)
Eclogue
Eros
Exodus
Flight
The Forms Of Love
The Founder
From A Photograph
From A Phrase Of Simone Weil's And Some Words Of Hegel's
From Disaster
From Virgil
The Gesture
Giovanni's Rape Of The Sabine Women At Wildenstein's
Guest Room
The Hills
Historic Pun
Image Of The Engine
Inlet
A Kind Of Garden: A Poem For My Sister
A Language Of New York (1)
A Language Of New York (2)
A Language Of New York (3)
A Language Of New York (4)
A Language Of New York (5)
A Language Of New York (6)
A Language Of New York (7)
A Language Of New York (8) Whitman: April 19, 1864.
Lattitude, Longitude
Leviathan
The Lighthouses
The Little Hole In The Eye
The Little Pin: Fragment
The Mayan Ground
The Men Of Sheepshead
Monument
Myself I Sing
Myth Of The Blaze
A Narrative: 1
A Narrative: 10
A Narrative: 11
A Narrative: 2
A Narrative: 3
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A Narrative: 9
Niece
Night Scene
O Western Wind
The Occurrences
The Occurrences
Of Being Numerous: 1
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Of Hours
Of This All Things ...
Ozymandias Child
Parousia
Part Of The Forest
Party On Shipboard: 1
Party On Shipboard: 10
Party On Shipboard: 11
Party On Shipboard: 12
Party On Shipboard: 13
Party On Shipboard: 14
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Party On Shipboard: 3
Party On Shipboard: 4
Party On Shipboard: 5
Party On Shipboard: 6
Party On Shipboard: 7
Party On Shipboard: 8
Party On Shipboard: 9
Pedestrian
Penobscot
The People, The People
Philai Te Kou Philai
Population
Power, The Enchanted World (1)
Power, The Enchanted World (2)
Power, The Enchanted World (3)
Power, The Enchanted World (4)
Power, The Enchanted World (5)
Primitive
Pro Nobis
Product
Psalm
Quotations (1)
Quotations (2)
Quotations (3)
Quotations (4)
Quotations (5)
Rationality
Red Hook: December
Resort
Return
Romance Poem (1)
Romance Poem (2)
Route
San Francisco Poems: A Morality Play; Preface
San Francisco Poems: Anniversary Poem
San Francisco Poems: But So By Fire
San Francisco Poems: The Impossible Poem
San Francisco Poems: The Taste
San Francisco Poems: Translucent Mecahnics
Sara In Her Father's Arms
Seated Man
Semite
Solution
Some San Francisco Poems (1)
Some San Francisco Poems (3)
Some San Francisco Poems (6)
Some San Francisco Poems (7)
Song, The Winds Of Downhill
The Source
The Speech At Soli
Squall
Still Life
Stranger's Child
Street
Sunnyside Child
Survival: Infantry
Technologies
That Land
A Theological Definition
Time Of The Missle
To C.t.
To Memory (1)
To Memory (2)
To The Poets: To Make Much Of Life
Tourist Eye (1)
Tourist Eye (2)
Tourist Eye (3)
Tourist Eye (4)
Tourist Eye (5)
Travelogue
The Tugs Of Hull
The Undertaking In New Jersey
Vulcan
West
Who Shall Doubt
Workman
World, World
The Zulu Girl
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 263 pages
• Publisher: New Directions; 2nd printing edition (October 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811206157
• ISBN-13: 978-0811206150
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hymns To Is, December 18, 2001

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Arch Llewellyn "arch-l" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Collected Poems of George Oppen (Paperback)

Oppen was a quiet genius whose spare, precise language never obscures his love for the world he writes about. In his poems silence is a form of eloquence and detached observation a type of love. There's something hard and fair and righteous in this verse--though Oppen rarely sermonizes, he's one of the few truly moral poets I know. His life work is a bargain at this price; do yourself a favor and grab it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Words!, March 31, 2000

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Jeryl E Aman (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Collected Poems of George Oppen (Paperback)

Each of the poems are amazing. His masterful use of juxtapositioning words next to each other create such startling and vivid emotions. Each line is brought to its simplest form and each line is powerful. When these lines are brought together, a startling poem ensues. I would recommend this to everyone who enjoys stark poetry. The work is truly a masterpiece. Enjoy!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Neglected greatness, March 5, 2006

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J from NY (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Collected Poems of George Oppen (Paperback)

In his best moments even in some of his lesser ones, George Oppen was that rare breed of elliptical poet: there is not one line in the entirety of his work that falls entirely flat or appears completely senseless. This is as masterful and mind boggling a feat, in some ways, as a chess player who never makes a false move his entire career. He is always speaking directly to his readers, trying to probe the conscience of a generation torn by war, recognizing the cultural ramifications and fermenting a new vision of life. At his peak, Oppen took the seriousness of the questions left over from WWII and reminded us that life remained, and we were not above it: "Who Shall Doubt consciousness/in itself/of itself carrying/'the principle of the actual' being/actual/itself ((but maybe this is a love poem Mary) ) nevertheless/neither/the power/of the self nor the racing car nor the lilly/is sweet but this" ("Who Shall Doubt..."). His refusal to diverge from his own style and craft has led to an unjust neglect, partly perpetuated by half-talents/would-be critics like William Logan. Oppen still has a following, however, and is unlikely to fall into complete obscurity. His entire body of work is more than worth it.