Fourteen essayists break new ground by focusing on a new generation of postmodern poets who are clearly indebted to John Ashbery''s work This concentration on Ashbery''s influence on contemporary American poetry provides new methods for interpreting and understanding his poetic achievement.

Fourteen essayists break new ground by focusing on a new generation of postmodern poets who are clearly indebted to John Ashbery''s work This concentration on Ashbery''s influence on contemporary American poetry provides new methods for interpreting and understanding his poetic achievement.