Bøker av Charles Olson

For Charles Olson, letters were not only a daily means of communication with friends but were at the same time a vehicle for exploratory thought. In fact, many of Olson's finest works, including Projective Verse and the Maximus Poems, were formulated as letters. Olson's letters are important to an understanding of his definition of the postmodern, and through the play of mind exhibited here we recognize him as one of the vital thinkers of the twentieth century. In this volume, edited and annotated by Ralph Maud, we see Olson at the height of his powers and also at his most human. Nearly 200 letters, selected from a known 3,000, demonstrate the wide range of Olson's interests and the depth of his concern for the future. Maud includes letters to friends and loved ones, job and grant applications, letters of recommendation, and Black Mountain College business letters, as well as correspondence illuminating Olson's poetics. As we read through the letters, which span the years from 1931, when Olson was an undergraduate, to his death in 1970, a fascinating portrait of this complex poet and thinker emerges.

If literary critics and reviewers at the time responded with varying degrees of skepticism to the "theory of the two Moby-Dicks,it was the experimental style and organization of the book that generated the most controversy.

In this compilation of Olson's transcribed lectures and interviews, we get all that is preserved of a life of talk.

A seminal figure in post-World War II literature, Charles Olson (1910-1970) has helped define the postmodern sensibility. This volume presents his work and extends the poetic accomplishment that influenced a generation.

The prose writings of Charles Olson (1910-1970) have had a far-reaching impact on post-World War II American poetics. This volume presents his works published for the most part between 1946 and 1969. It backgrounds the poetics, preoccupations, and fascinations that underpin his great poems.

This work brings together the three volumes of Olson's long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968 and 1975 respectively) in one book.

Charles Olson's influence on the development of British and American poetry through his writing and teaching is immense. His work encompasses myth, history, scholarship and politics. This book includes extracts from a range of Olson's poetry and prose, including letters, interviews and the full text of the key essay 'Projective Verse'.

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.