Collected Prose

"Collected Prose will introduce a new generation of readers to a central modernist and postmodernist thinker in American letters. For the energy of the avant-garde literary project at midcentury, Olson is it. No one else has the excitement or range."—Robert Hass

"At last we have between two covers some of the most compelling theorizing in postmodern poetics and American Studies ever produced, from one of the defining figures in postwar American poetry. This is that rarest of books, a must-read for poets and scholars alike."—Alan Golding

About the author

Donald Allen was a longtime friend, editor, and publisher of Charles Olson. He has also edited The New American Poetry, 1945–1960, The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara, and the writings of Lew Welch. He is currently CEO of Grey Fox Press in San Francisco. Benjamin Friedlander is the author of several books of poetry and editor of Area Lights Heights: Writings 1954–1989 by Larry Eigner. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the State University of New York, Buffalo. Robert Creeley is Samuel P. Capen Professor of Poetry and the Humanities at the State University of New York, Buffalo.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, Olson Charles
• Assisted by: Donald Allen (Editor), Allen Donald (Editor), Benjamin Friedlander (Editor), Friedlander Benjamin (Editor), Robert Creeley (Introduction), Creeley Robert (Introduction)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.1997
• EAN: 9780520208735
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20873-5
• No. of pages: 382
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; USA, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, American English, c 1960 to c 1970, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary essays, c 1960 to c 1969, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, C 1945 To C 1960