The Foreword was originally published in Ommateum, with Doxology (Philadelphia, Dorrance 1955). Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Reprinted, with Preface by Roger Gilbert. In his first collection of poems, Ommateum: With Doxology (1955), Ammons wrote about nature and the self, themes that remained the central focus of his work. Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store Check Availability at Nearby Stores. *Set in Motion: Essays, Interviews, & Dialogues, by A. R. Ammons. $15.95. Review by Troy Jollimore . Ommateum, with Doxology, a title combining science and thanksgiving, bravely began Ammons's heterodox form of poetry. According to his close friend, the poet David Lehman, "Ammons published Ommateum, his first book, at his own expense in 1955; sixteen copies were sold in the next five years.. A very fine copy, essentially as new. In 1955, Ammons self-published his first book of poems, Ommateum: with Doxology—“ommateum,” the compound eye of arthropods, and “doxology,” a short hymn. University of Michigan Press. After Wake Forest he enrolled in a creative writing course at Berkeley, which he didn’t finish, but he did receive a modicum of encouragement from his teacher there, Josephine Miles, to whom Ommateum with Doxology is dedicated (an ommateum, incidentally, is the compound eye of an insect, and a doxology a short hymn in praise of God). Ammons, Paperback, 9780393330540 online at The Nile. OMMATEUM (WITH DOXOLOGY) by A. R. Ammons. Like everything that Ammons wrote, it was in … Edited by Robert M. West, the 966 poems in this two-volume set begin with the collection Ommateum with Doxology, which Ammons self-published in 1955, and end with Bosh and Flapdoodle, published posthumously in 2005. WW Norton & Company, 500 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10110; ISBN# 0-393-06446-8, 73 pp., $23.95 (hardcover) Fast delivery with free 30 Day Returns across Australia. $11.99. by Zofia Burr. Ed. Like Ralph Waldo Emerson’s transparent eyeball, the act of seeing for Ammons became akin to prayer, perhaps the only adequate form of worship. Buy Ommateum: With Doxology: Poems by A.R. Paperback $ 15.95. Paperback. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1955. Ommateum, with Doxology. Ommateum, with Doxology 96. by A. R. Ammons. Ammons, A.R His first volume, Ommateum (1955), attracted no notice, but in the 1960s Ammons' career took a quantum leap. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers Small 8vo, original salmon cloth, dust jacket. Free 2-day shipping on qualified orders over $35. Buy Ommateum : With Doxology: Poems (Paperback) at Walmart.com A very fine copy, essentially as new. View All Available Formats & Editions. Click to read more about Ommateum: With Doxology: Poems by A. R. 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