{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-of-charles-olson-excluding-the-maximus-poems-paperback","title":"The Collected Poems of Charles Olson: Excluding the Maximus Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Olson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge F. Butterick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seminal figure in post-World War II literature, Charles Olson (1910-1970) has helped define the postmodern sensibility. His poetry is marked by an almost limitless range of interest and extraordinary depth of feeling. Olson's themes are among the largest conceivable: empowering love, political responsibility, historical discovery and cultural reckoning, the wisdom of dreams and the transformation of consciousness-all carried in a voice both intimate and grand, American and timeless, impassioned and coolly demanding. Until recently, Olson's reputation as a major figure in American literature has rested primarily on his theoretical writings and his epic work, the \u003ci\u003eMaximus Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. With \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e an even more impressive Olson emerges. This volume brings together all of Olson's work and extends the poetic accomplishment that influenced a generation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Olson was praised by his contemporaries and emulated by his successors. He was declared by William Carlos Williams to be \"a major poet with a sweep of understanding of the world, a feeling for other men that staggers me.\" His indispensable essays, \"Projective Verse\" and \"Human Universe,\" and his study of Melville, \u003ci\u003eCall Me Ishmael\u003c\/i\u003e, remain as fresh today as when they were written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge F. Butterick\u003c\/b\u003e was the editor of the complete \u003ci\u003eMaximus Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eA Guide to the Maximus Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1978). He served as Curator of the Literary Archives at the University of Connecticut, which houses Charles Olson's papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 609\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.65 x 9.98 x 7.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133518909575,"sku":"9780520212312","price":95.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7d968775ade1b840c4de9657faeb67b0.webp?v=1732634780","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-collected-poems-of-charles-olson-excluding-the-maximus-poems-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}