‘The Tennis Court Oath’ by John Ashbery: A reflection through literary analysis

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com One cannot read John Ashbery’s poetry collection, The Tennis Court Oath, without acknowledging the profound influence of the European Surrealist movement on his work. André Breton in Manifeste du Surréalisme describes the central principle of Surrealism as an attempt to ‘resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality, into … Continue reading ‘The Tennis Court Oath’ by John Ashbery: A reflection through literary analysis