Olson, Charles 1910-1970
Overview
| Works: | 1,128 works in 2,333 publications in 4 languages and 51,090 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Poetry Criticism, interpretation, etc Biographies Personal correspondence Essays Literary criticism Interviews History Handbooks and manuals Study guides |
| Subject Headings: | Poets, American |
| Roles: | Author, Narrator, htt, Former owner, Performer, Author of introduction, Lyricist, Contributor, Interviewee |
| Classifications: | PS3529.L655, 811.54 |
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Most widely held works about
Charles Olson
- Charles Olson's reading : a biography by Ralph Maud( )
- Understanding the Black mountain poets by Edward Halsey Foster( )
- Charles Olson and Frances Boldereff : a modern correspondence by Charles Olson( )
- Selected writings of Charles Olson by Charles Olson( Book )
- The Maximus poems by Charles Olson( Book )
- Black Mountain : an exploration in community by Martin B Duberman( Book )
- CONTEMPORARY OLSON by David Herd( )
- The collected letters of Charles Olson and J.H. Prynne by Charles Olson( )
- Imagining persons : Robert Duncan's lectures on Charles Olson by Robert Duncan( )
- Charles Olson by Enikő Bollobás( Book )
- Charles Olson & Ezra Pound : an encounter at St. Elizabeths by Charles Olson( Book )
- Charles Olson, call him Ishmael by Paul Christensen( Book )
- Charles Olson and Alfred North Whitehead : an essay on poetry by Shachar Bram( )
- Charles Olson : the allegory of a poet's life by Tom Clark( Book )
- The Charles Olson codex : projective verse and the problem of Mayan glyphs( )
- Olson's push : Origin, Black Mountain, and recent American poetry by Sherman Paul( Book )
- Charles Olson : the scholar's art by Robert Von Hallberg( Book )
- Destructive poetics : Heidegger and modern American poetry by Paul A Bové( Book )
- Charles Olson & Robert Creeley : the complete correspondence by Charles Olson( Book )
- Pursuing Melville, 1940-1980 : chapters and essays by Merton M Sealts( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Charles Olson
American poetry : the twentieth century(
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 2,348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains over 1500 poems by more than 200 well-known American poets, including Langston Hughes, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 2,348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains over 1500 poems by more than 200 well-known American poets, including Langston Hughes, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens
Collected prose by
Charles Olson(
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15 editions published between 1997 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The prose writings of Charles Olson (1910-1970) have had a far-reaching and continuing impact on post-World War II American poetics. Olson's theories, which made explicit the principles of his own poetics and those of the Black Mountain poets, were instrumental in defining the sense of the postmodern in poetry and form the basis of most postwar free verse. The Collected Prose brings together in one volume the works published for the most part between 1946 and 1969, many of which are now out of print. A valuable companion to editions of Olson's poetry, the book backgrounds the poetics, preoccupations, and fascinations that underpin his great poems. Included are Call Me Ishmael, a classic of American literary criticism the influential essays "Projective Verse" and "Human Universe" and essays, book reviews, and Olson's notes on his studies. In these pieces one can trace the development of his new science of man, called "muthologos," a radical mix of myth and phenomenology that Olson offered in opposition to the mechanistic discourse and rationalizing policy he associated with America's wars in Europe and Asia
15 editions published between 1997 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The prose writings of Charles Olson (1910-1970) have had a far-reaching and continuing impact on post-World War II American poetics. Olson's theories, which made explicit the principles of his own poetics and those of the Black Mountain poets, were instrumental in defining the sense of the postmodern in poetry and form the basis of most postwar free verse. The Collected Prose brings together in one volume the works published for the most part between 1946 and 1969, many of which are now out of print. A valuable companion to editions of Olson's poetry, the book backgrounds the poetics, preoccupations, and fascinations that underpin his great poems. Included are Call Me Ishmael, a classic of American literary criticism the influential essays "Projective Verse" and "Human Universe" and essays, book reviews, and Olson's notes on his studies. In these pieces one can trace the development of his new science of man, called "muthologos," a radical mix of myth and phenomenology that Olson offered in opposition to the mechanistic discourse and rationalizing policy he associated with America's wars in Europe and Asia
Selected letters by
Charles Olson(
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12 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 1,907 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In this volume, edited and annotated by Ralph Maud, we see Olson at the height of his powers and also at his most human. The nearly two hundred letters, selected from a known three thousand, demonstrate the wide range of Olson's interests and the depth of his concern for the future. As we read through the letters, which span the years from 1931, when Olson was an undergraduate in college, to his death in 1970, a fascinating portrait of this complex poet and thinker emerges."--Jacket
12 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 1,907 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In this volume, edited and annotated by Ralph Maud, we see Olson at the height of his powers and also at his most human. The nearly two hundred letters, selected from a known three thousand, demonstrate the wide range of Olson's interests and the depth of his concern for the future. As we read through the letters, which span the years from 1931, when Olson was an undergraduate in college, to his death in 1970, a fascinating portrait of this complex poet and thinker emerges."--Jacket
Call me Ishmael by
Charles Olson(
Book
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89 editions published between 1901 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 1,793 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of critical essays on Melville and his works. Also includes a chronology of events in the author's life
89 editions published between 1901 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 1,793 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of critical essays on Melville and his works. Also includes a chronology of events in the author's life
Herman Melville by
Newton Arvin(
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1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 1,273 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A collection of critical essays on Melville and his works. Also includes a chronology of events in the author's life."--
1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 1,273 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A collection of critical essays on Melville and his works. Also includes a chronology of events in the author's life."--
The collected poems of Charles Olson : excluding the Maximus poems by
Charles Olson(
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25 editions published between 1980 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,079 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Background information accompanies Olson's poems about myths, mortality, language, love, nature, marriage, music, and time
25 editions published between 1980 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,079 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Background information accompanies Olson's poems about myths, mortality, language, love, nature, marriage, music, and time
The Maximus poems by
Charles Olson(
Book
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72 editions published between 1960 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,072 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Praised by his contemporaries and emulated by his successors, Charles Olson (1910-1970) 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. This complete edition brings together the three volumes of Olson's long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968, and 1975) in an authoritative version
72 editions published between 1960 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,072 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Praised by his contemporaries and emulated by his successors, Charles Olson (1910-1970) 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. This complete edition brings together the three volumes of Olson's long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968, and 1975) in an authoritative version
An open map : the correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson by
Robert Edward Duncan(
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5 editions published in 2017 in English and held by 791 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"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"--Amazon.com
5 editions published in 2017 in English and held by 791 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"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"--Amazon.com
Archaeologist of morning by
Charles Olson(
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22 editions published between 1970 and 1973 in English and Undetermined and held by 654 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
22 editions published between 1970 and 1973 in English and Undetermined and held by 654 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The distances; poems by
Charles Olson(
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19 editions published between 1958 and 1961 in English and held by 551 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
19 editions published between 1958 and 1961 in English and held by 551 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Maximus poems IV, V, VI by
Charles Olson(
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14 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 484 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 484 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Selected poems by
Charles Olson(
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14 editions published between 1993 and 1997 in English and held by 481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Charles Olson, the poet who coined the word post-modern and helped shape the generation that would emerge under its mantle, is known for the immense range of his intellectual and poetic reach. Here, in this selection by Robert Creeley, Olson's personal friend and literary ally, is the more "intimate order" of the poet who sought to embrace all of history and human thought. Olson came from working-class immigrant roots in a Massachusetts mill town. A scholar of profound originality and vision, he worked for Roosevelt's administration during the war years, then at Black Mountain, the prototypical experimental college and enclave of avantgarde writers and artists. In 1957 he settled in Gloucester, a town on the shore north of Boston where he had spent summers as a child. It was Gloucester, with its richness of history and human use, that provided the ground of The Maximus Poems, begun as letters some years before and which over the next two decades grew into a masterwork of epic dimensions
14 editions published between 1993 and 1997 in English and held by 481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Charles Olson, the poet who coined the word post-modern and helped shape the generation that would emerge under its mantle, is known for the immense range of his intellectual and poetic reach. Here, in this selection by Robert Creeley, Olson's personal friend and literary ally, is the more "intimate order" of the poet who sought to embrace all of history and human thought. Olson came from working-class immigrant roots in a Massachusetts mill town. A scholar of profound originality and vision, he worked for Roosevelt's administration during the war years, then at Black Mountain, the prototypical experimental college and enclave of avantgarde writers and artists. In 1957 he settled in Gloucester, a town on the shore north of Boston where he had spent summers as a child. It was Gloucester, with its richness of history and human use, that provided the ground of The Maximus Poems, begun as letters some years before and which over the next two decades grew into a masterwork of epic dimensions
Human universe, and other essays by
Charles Olson(
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18 editions published between 1867 and 1967 in English and held by 477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
18 editions published between 1867 and 1967 in English and held by 477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A nation of nothing but poetry : supplementary poems by
Charles Olson(
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7 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mayan letters by
Charles Olson(
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24 editions published between 1953 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
24 editions published between 1953 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Maximus poems by
Charles Olson(
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12 editions published between 1968 and 1975 in English and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published between 1968 and 1975 in English and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The fiery hunt and other plays by
Charles Olson(
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8 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 360 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 360 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Additional prose: A bibliography on America, Proprioception & other notes & essays by
Charles Olson(
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10 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poetry and truth; the Beloit lectures and poems by
Charles Olson(
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6 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The special view of history by
Charles Olson(
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11 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 316 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 316 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Creeley, Robert 1926-2005 Author of introduction Author Editor
- Maud, Ralph Author Editor
- Duncan, Robert 1919-1988 Author
- Butterick, George F. Author of introduction Other Author Editor
- Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Author
- Shapiro, Karl 1913-2000
- Allen, Donald 1912-2004 Author Editor
- Triem, Eve 1902-1992
- Loesser, Frank 1910-1969
- Fitzgerald, Robert 1910-1985
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Aesthetics American fiction--English influences American literature American poetry Antiquities Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) Black Mountain school (Group of poets) Books and reading Central America--Yucatán Peninsula Creeley, Robert, Criticism Duncan, Robert, English poetry English-speaking countries Essays Examinations Friendship Heidegger, Martin, Hermeneutics Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life Literature Mayas--Antiquities Melville, Herman, Miscellanea Moby Dick (Melville, Herman) North Carolina--Black Mountain Novelists, American Olson, Charles, Phenomenology Poetics Poetics--Study and teaching Poetry Poets, American Pound, Ezra, Psychiatric hospital patients Religion Religion and literature Saint Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.) Sealts, Merton M Sea stories, American Shakespeare, William, Short story Short story--Examinations Stevens, Wallace, Travel United States Whitman, Walt, Williams, Jonathan, Williams, William Carlos,
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Carolus Olson
Charles Olson Amerikaans dichter (1910-1970)
Charles Olson amerikansk poet
Charles Olson écrivain américain
Charles Olson escriptor estatunidenc
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Charles Olson poeta statunitense
Charles Olson shkrimtar amerikan
Charles Olson US-amerikanischer Dichter
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Olson, Charles
Olson, Charles 1910-1970
Olson, Charles F.
צ'ארלס אולסון סופר אמריקאי
تشارلز أولسون كاتب أمريكي
چارلز اولسون شاعر آمریکایی
オルスン, チャールズ
チャールズ・オルソン
查尔斯·奥尔森
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