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Bibliographic code: Section L1
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Section L1 includes discussion of Ashbery's work in general, in books, academic papers and dissertations, journals, lectures or other public presentations (documented as texts, recordings, programs, announcements, etc.), etc. When possible, the notes fields of citations in Section L1 will provide brief synopses or descriptions of critical work about Ashbery.
Although the writings in Section L1 may focus on specific works or collections by Ashbery, they are not "book reviews" per se (i.e., generally judgmental texts commonly written to coincide with a book's publication), which are in Section L2.
Usually, only the first publication of Section L1 items, whether in books or periodicals, is given a complete citation. All known reprints usually are mentioned in the notes field of the citation.
Examples of Section L1 material
David Lehman's collection of critical works about Ashbery, Beyond Amazement: New Essays on John Ashbery, 1980 (including texts by Douglas Crase, Marjorie Perloff, John Koethe, Lehman, Keith Cohen, Fred Moramarco, Charles Berger, David Rigsbee, Leslie Wolf and Lawrence Kramer)
David Kalstone's essay on the poet James Merrill, "Persisting Figures: The Poet's Story and How We Read It," in the book James Merrill: Essays in Criticism, 1983 (including a short critical discussion of the relationship between Ashbery's work and Merrill's)
Mary Kinzie's essay on Ashbery, "'Irreference': The Poetic Diction of John Ashbery, Part I: Styles of Avoidance," in the periodical Modern Philology, 1987-02-00
Mark Ford's doctoral thesis on Ashbery, A Critical Study of the Poetry of John Ashbery, 1991
Ulfried Reichardt's essay on Ashbery, "Die Dictung John Ashberys," in the book Innenansichten der postmoderne, 1991
James Rother's essay on Ashbery, "Further News from the Rear," in the online journal Contemporary Poetry Review (http://www.cprw.com), 2003
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