An essential correspondence between two [of] the most innovative and visionary poets in American literature. In these letters is contained the generative energies of some of the best poetry written in the twentieth century." - Peter O'Leary, author of <em>Gnostic Contagion: Robert Duncan and the Poetry of Illness</em>
The correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson is one of the foundational literary exchanges of twentieth-century American poetry. The 130 letters collected in this volume begin in 1947 just after the two poets first meet in Berkeley, California, and continue to Olson's death in January 1970. Both men initiated a novel stance toward poetry, and they matched each other with huge accomplishments, an enquiring, declarative intelligence, wide-ranging interests in history and occult literature, and the urgent demand to be a poet. More than a literary correspondence, An Open Map gives insight into an essential period of poetic advancement in cultural history.
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The correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson is one of the foundational literary exchanges of twentieth-century American poetry. More than a literary correspondence, An Open Map gives insight into an essential period of poetic advancement in cultural history.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780826354280
Publisert
2020-02-28
Utgiver
University of New Mexico Press; University of New Mexico Press
Vekt
475 gr
Høyde
233 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
328
Om bidragsyterne
Robert J. Bertholf (1940-2016) served as the curator of the Poetry Collection at the University of Buffalo for twenty-five years. He was the author and editor of numerous books, including several about Robert Duncan and his work.Dale M. Smith is an associate professor in Ryerson University's Department of English. He is the author of Poets Beyond the Barricade: Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Dissent after 1960 and Slow Poetry in America.