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Information regarding the new york school of poetry
Active in the 1950s and 1960s in New York City
Drew inspiration from Surrealism (1920) and Modernism
The poems are usually serious but also ironic
They often saw themselves as helping the reader see the world in new and different ways
Wanted to jar the audience's senses by juxtaposing uncommon objects
New York School represented a rejection of the dominant school of confessional party
Famous poets include Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery, Frank O' Hara, and John Schuyler
more information at: http://copof10.umwblogs.org/multimedia-rpt-list/new-york-school/