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Bibliographic code: Section M
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Section M includes an eclectic, non-comprehensive and admittedly arbitrary collection of anthologies that contain work by or translated by Ashbery that has been previously published in book form. (Anthologies that constitute the first publication of work by or translated by Ashbery will be found in Sections B or E. First book publication is exclusive to each country of publication. Translations of Ashbery's work that are published bilingually [i.e., in which the original work in English is published simply to accompany the translated text] are found in Section G.)
Usually, only the first publication of Ashbery's work in a particular anthology is given a separate citation. Updated, expanded and/or revised editions may be mentioned in the notes field of the citation for the original or earliest available publication of that anthology.
Anthologies, which are aimed at diverse audiences and intended to serve various purposes, are organized around many different sets of criteria: those used as textbooks in academic settings tend to include "representative" works, while others focus on specific literary forms or genres, themes, occasions, etc. In a traditional bibliographic sense, most anthologies that reprint work from other books are of limited interest. However, the ARC includes a group of anthologies in its collection because of its strong interest in the context in which a writer's work appears and the broad significance of that context. By examining a group of anthologies that have been published over an extended period of time, it is possible to gain insight into the trajectory of a literary reputation. Analysis of the various contexts within which a writer's work is anthologized reveals much about the life of individual texts following their initial publication, shedding light on evolving critical and popular perceptions of an author's work, as well as changing attitudes towards literature/poetry in the popular culture.
Reprinted work accompanied by extensive footnotes or short critical essays is in Section L1; reprinted work accompanied by questions and/or exercises for students is in Section L4.
Examples of Section M material
The Roses Race Around Her Name: Poems from Fathers to Daughters, 1974 (including Ashbery's "Thoughts of a Young Girl")
English and American Surrealist Poetry, 1978 (including Ashbery's "Le Livre est sur la table," "Grand Abacus," "'They Dream Only of America,'" "Poem")
New York: Poems, 1980 (including Ashbery's "The Wrong Kind of Insurance")
Talking to the Sun: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems for Young People, 1985 (including Ashbery's "Meditations of a Parrot," "The Thinnest Shadow")
Strong Measures: Contemporary American Poetry in Traditional Forms, 1986 (including Ashbery's "Some Trees," "Pantoum," "Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape")
Norton Anthology of American Literature (Third Edition, Volume II), 1989 (including Ashbery's "Illustration," "Soonest Mended," "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror," "Syringa," "The Lonedale Operator")
Wedding Readings: Centuries of Writing and Rituals for Love and Marriage, 1989 (including an excerpt from Ashbery's "The Skaters")
The Routledge Anthology of Cross-Gendered Verse, 1996 (including Ashbery's "On the Empress's Mind")
Blood and Tears: Poems for Matthew Shepard, 1999 (including Ashbery's "At the Inn")
Orpheus and Company, 1999 (including Ashbery's "Syringa")
Americans' Favorite Poems: The Favorite Poem Project Anthology, 2000 (including Ashbery's "The Improvement")
Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry, 2000 (including Ashbery's "'They Dream Only of America,'" "Sortes Vergilianae," "The Ice-Cream Wars," "Forgotten Sex," "The Laughter of Dead Men")
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