Vladimir Mayakovsky and Frank O’Hara: a Reappraisal

The “New York School” refers to a group of poets and painters, mostly of the Abstract Expressionist movement, who congregated in New York in the first two decades following the end of the Second World War. They constitute a coterie that has been characterized as America’s “last avant-garde”. Among i...

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Main Author: Ronald Vroon
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Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2020-09-01
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Online Access:http://studlit.ru/images/2020-5-3/Vroon.pdf
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description The “New York School” refers to a group of poets and painters, mostly of the Abstract Expressionist movement, who congregated in New York in the first two decades following the end of the Second World War. They constitute a coterie that has been characterized as America’s “last avant-garde”. Among its most prominent members was Frank O’Hara (1926–1966). Like other members of the New York School of poets, he was strongly influenced by the French and Russian avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century. He was particularly drawn to the works of Vladimir Mayakovsky, whose persona and poetry are frequently referenced in his own oeuvre. The present study seeks to establish the origins of O’Hara’s interest in the Russian poet, the sources he consulted in familiarizing himself with Mayakovsky’s work, and the trajectory of references to Mayakovsky that documents how his avant-garde aesthetic both accommodates and distances itself from that of his Russian forebear.
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spelling doaj-art-fb527e9eaa30454397d6b2997f9d25722025-08-20T03:25:57ZengRussian Academy of Sciences, A.M. Gorky Institute of World LiteratureStudia Litterarum2500-42472541-85642020-09-0153144185https://doi.org/10.22455/2500-4247-2020-5-3-144-185Vladimir Mayakovsky and Frank O’Hara: a ReappraisalRonald Vroon0University of California, Los AngelesThe “New York School” refers to a group of poets and painters, mostly of the Abstract Expressionist movement, who congregated in New York in the first two decades following the end of the Second World War. They constitute a coterie that has been characterized as America’s “last avant-garde”. Among its most prominent members was Frank O’Hara (1926–1966). Like other members of the New York School of poets, he was strongly influenced by the French and Russian avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century. He was particularly drawn to the works of Vladimir Mayakovsky, whose persona and poetry are frequently referenced in his own oeuvre. The present study seeks to establish the origins of O’Hara’s interest in the Russian poet, the sources he consulted in familiarizing himself with Mayakovsky’s work, and the trajectory of references to Mayakovsky that documents how his avant-garde aesthetic both accommodates and distances itself from that of his Russian forebear.http://studlit.ru/images/2020-5-3/Vroon.pdffrank o’haravladimir mayakovskycoterierussian avant-gardefrench avantgardenew york schoolabstract expressionism.
spellingShingle Ronald Vroon
Vladimir Mayakovsky and Frank O’Hara: a Reappraisal
Studia Litterarum
frank o’hara
vladimir mayakovsky
coterie
russian avant-garde
french avantgarde
new york school
abstract expressionism.
title Vladimir Mayakovsky and Frank O’Hara: a Reappraisal
title_full Vladimir Mayakovsky and Frank O’Hara: a Reappraisal
title_fullStr Vladimir Mayakovsky and Frank O’Hara: a Reappraisal
title_full_unstemmed Vladimir Mayakovsky and Frank O’Hara: a Reappraisal
title_short Vladimir Mayakovsky and Frank O’Hara: a Reappraisal
title_sort vladimir mayakovsky and frank o hara a reappraisal
topic frank o’hara
vladimir mayakovsky
coterie
russian avant-garde
french avantgarde
new york school
abstract expressionism.
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