Abbreviations =xv
Introduction =3
1 Situating the Avant-Garde in Postwar America
Community, Individualism, and Cold War Culture =26
2 Emerson, Pragmatism, and the "New American Poetry" =53
3 "My Force Is in Mobility"
Selfhood and Friendship in Frank O' Hara's Poetry =86
4 Growing Up with Our Brothers All Around
John Ashbery and the Interpersonal =127
5 Amiri Baraka and the Poetics of Turning Away =166
6 "Against the Speech of Friends"
Baraka's White Friend Blues =194
7 "A Rainy Wool Frankie and Johnny"
O'Hara, Ashbery, and the Paradoxes of Friendship =233
Conclusion =275
Notes =287
Works Cited =331
Index =345
Introduction =3
1 Situating the Avant-Garde in Postwar America
Community, Individualism, and Cold War Culture =26
2 Emerson, Pragmatism, and the "New American Poetry" =53
3 "My Force Is in Mobility"
Selfhood and Friendship in Frank O' Hara's Poetry =86
4 Growing Up with Our Brothers All Around
John Ashbery and the Interpersonal =127
5 Amiri Baraka and the Poetics of Turning Away =166
6 "Against the Speech of Friends"
Baraka's White Friend Blues =194
7 "A Rainy Wool Frankie and Johnny"
O'Hara, Ashbery, and the Paradoxes of Friendship =233
Conclusion =275
Notes =287
Works Cited =331
Index =345