The Tennis Court Oath (poetry collection)

The Tennis Court Oath
	First edition
Author	John Ashbery
Language	English
Publisher	Wesleyan University Press
Publication date	1962
Publication place	United States
Pages	94
ISBN	0819520136

Last updated January 12, 2026

The Tennis Court Oath is a 1962 poetry collection by the American writer John Ashbery. Ashbery lived in Paris when it was published, working as an art critic. The book received few and negative reviews upon its original publication.^[1]

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↑ Wroe, Nicholas (2005-04-23). "Parallel lines". The Guardian . Retrieved 2012-04-15.

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[1] Wroe, Nicholas (2005-04-23). "Parallel lines". The Guardian . Retrieved 2012-04-15.

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Bibliography Honors
Books of poetry	Some Trees (1956) The Tennis Court Oath (1962) Rivers and Mountains (1966) The Double Dream of Spring (1970) Three Poems (1972) The Vermont Notebook (1975, illustrated by Joe Brainard) Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975) Houseboat Days (1977) As We Know (1979) Shadow Train (1981) A Wave (1984) April Galleons (1987) Flow Chart (1991) Hotel Lautréamont (1992) And the Stars Were Shining (1994) Can You Hear, Bird (1995) Wakefulness (1998) Girls on the Run (1999) Your Name Here (2000) Chinese Whispers (2002) Where Shall I Wander (2005) A Worldly Country (2007) Planisphere (2009) Quick Question (2012) Breezeway (2015) Commotion of the Birds (2016)
Individual poems	"The Skaters" (1964) "At North Farm" (1984)
Books of prose	A Nest of Ninnies (1969, with James Schuyler) Other Traditions (2000)
Related	The Best American Poetry 1988 The New American Poetry 1945–1960 New York School (art)

The Tennis Court Oath (poetry collection)

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