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Contemporary Olson
David Herd (Ed.)
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Description for Contemporary Olson
Paperback. Editor(s): Herd, David. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
As poet, critic, theorist and teacher, Charles Olson extended the possibilities of modern writing. From Call Me Ishmael, his pioneering study of Herman Melville, to his epic poetic project The Maximus Poems, Olson probed the relation between language, space and community. Writing in the aftermath of the Second World War, he provided radical resources for the re-imagining of place and politics, resources for collective thought and creative practice we are still learning how to use. Re-situating Olson's work in relation both to his own moment and to current concerns, the essays assembled in Contemporary ... Read more
As poet, critic, theorist and teacher, Charles Olson extended the possibilities of modern writing. From Call Me Ishmael, his pioneering study of Herman Melville, to his epic poetic project The Maximus Poems, Olson probed the relation between language, space and community. Writing in the aftermath of the Second World War, he provided radical resources for the re-imagining of place and politics, resources for collective thought and creative practice we are still learning how to use. Re-situating Olson's work in relation both to his own moment and to current concerns, the essays assembled in Contemporary ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526116789
SKU
V9781526116789
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Ref
99-15
About David Herd (Ed.)
David Herd is Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Kent -- .
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