%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°The end of friendship with self alone¡±: Autobiographical Erasures in John Ashbery¡¯s ¡°Fragment¡±
%A Antoine CAZ¨¦
%J E-rea : Revue ¨¦lectronique d¡¯¨¦tudes sur le Monde Anglophone
%D 2007
%I 
%R 10.4000/erea.176
%X ArgumentThe poetry of John Ashbery is deceptively autobiographical. This apparently simple statement draws the critic¡¯s attention to the much commented upon disjunctions characteristic of Ashbery¡¯s poetic matter and manner, premising them upon an essential rift that splits open the integrity of the subject; such an evaluation of his poetry has consequently been reiterated in various guises by several critics. Chief among these is John Shoptaw, whose book-length study of the poet relies throug...
%U http://erea.revues.org/176