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Selected Poems of Charles Olson
Charles Olson
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Paperback. A seminal figure in post-World War II literature, Charles Olson has helped define the postmodern sensibility. This work selects some 70 poems, presenting a personal reading of Olson's decisive and inimitable work - 'unequivocal instances of his genius' - over the many years of their friendship. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
"I have assumed a great deal in the selection of the poems from such a large and various number, making them a discourse unavoidably my own as well as any Olson himself might have chosen to offer. I had finally no advice but the long held habit of our using one another, during his life, to act as a measure, a bearing, an unabashed response to what either might write or say". (Robert Creeley). A seminal figure in post-World War II literature, Charles Olson has helped define the postmodern sensibility. His poetry embraces themes of empowering love, political responsibility, the ... Read more
"I have assumed a great deal in the selection of the poems from such a large and various number, making them a discourse unavoidably my own as well as any Olson himself might have chosen to offer. I had finally no advice but the long held habit of our using one another, during his life, to act as a measure, a bearing, an unabashed response to what either might write or say". (Robert Creeley). A seminal figure in post-World War II literature, Charles Olson has helped define the postmodern sensibility. His poetry embraces themes of empowering love, political responsibility, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520212329
SKU
9780520212329
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About Charles Olson
Charles Olson (1910-1970) was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. His first career was in politics, but he soon turned to writing and by the late Forties his work had received major attention. He was writing teacher and then rector at Black Mountain College, where Robert Creeley came to teach as well. Iconoclastic and controversial, Olson, along with Creeley, launched a postmodern, ... Read more
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