Robert Duncan Bücher

Exploring the complexities of American identity, this work delves into the historical context of invasions and the intertwined legacies of European colonization and African enslavement. It reflects on the struggles and dreams of a nation grappling with its past, offering a profound commentary on the socio-political landscape. Through evocative language, the author invites readers to confront the realities of America's history and the ongoing impact of these foundational experiences.

This counter-cultural collection of American verse fits in Robert Lowell's famous definition of the raw in American poetry. Contributors include: Olson; Duncan; Creeley; Guest; Ashbery; Ginsberg; Kerouac; Levertov; O'Hara; Snyder; and Schuyler.

Dazzling in its range, exhilarating in its immediacy and grace, a collection that gathers together, from every region of the country and from the past forty years, the poems that continue to shape our imaginations.From Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery and Adrienne Rich, to Robert Haas and Louise Glück, this anthology takes the full measure of our poetry's daring energies and its tender understandings.Other poets Sylvia PlathJames MerrillAmy clampittJorie GrahamW. S. MerwinCharles SimicAllen GinsbergFrank O'HaraAnne SextonRobert CreeleySharon OldsMary OliverRobert PinskyMark StrandDenise LevertovRichard WilburMay SwensonMichael PalmerMark DotyYusef Komunyakaa

Duncan stál v čele tzv. Sanfanciské renesance a přednášel literaturu na univerzitách. Publikoval v avantgardních časopisech The Experimental Review a Phoenix. Jeho složitá a vrstevnatá poezie v českém výběru pochází ze sbírek Selected Poems (1959), The Opening of the Field (1961) a Roots and Branches (1965).