04027nam 2200469 450 991047892720332120170920012346.01-5261-1078-41-5261-1079-2(CKB)3710000000853544(EBL)4706769(MiAaPQ)EBC4706769(EXLCZ)99371000000085354420161014h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierContemporary Olson /edited by David HerdManchester, England :Manchester University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (343 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-5261-1678-2 0-7190-8971-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contemporary Olson; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Contemporary Olson: David Herd; Section I: Knowledge; 1. Myth and document in Charles Olson's Maximus Poems: Miriam Nichols; 2. Discoverable unknowns: Olson's lifelong preoccupation with the sciences: Peter Middleton; 3. 'Empty Air': Charles Olson's cosmology: Reitha Pattison; 4. A reading of 'In Cold Hell, in Thicket' : Ian Brinton and Michael Grant; Section II: Poetics5. From Olson's breath to Spicer's gait: From Olson's breath to Spicer's gait: Daniel Katz6. Poetic instruction: Michael Kindellan; 7. Reading Blackburn reading Olson: Paul Blackburn reads Olson's 'Maximus, to Gloucester: Letter 15': Simon Smith; 8. From Weymouth back: Olson's British contacts, travels and legacy: Gavin Selerie; 9. A fresh look at Olson: Elaine Feinstein; Section III: Gender; 10. Olson and his Maximus Poems: Rachel Blau DuPlessis; 11. 'When the attentions change': Charles Olson and Frances Boldereff: Robert Hampson12. 'The pictorial handwriting of his dreams': Charles Olson, Susan Howe, Redell Olsen: Will MontgomerySection IV: History; 13. The contemporaries: a reading of Charles Olson's 'The Lordly and Isolate Satyrs': Stephen Fredman; 14. Futtocks: Anthony Mellors; 15. Death in life: the past in 'As the Dead Prey Upon Us': Ben Hickman; 16. 'To Gerhardt, There, Among Europe's Things of Which He Has Written Us in His "Brief an Creeley und Olson"': Olson on history, in dialogue: Sarah Posman; 17. 'Moving among my particulars': the 'negative dialectics' of The Maximus Poems: Tim Woods18. A note on Charles Olson's 'The Kingfishers': Charles Bernstein Section V: Space; 19. Transcultural projectivism in Charles Olson's 'The Kingfishers' and Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri's Warlugulong: Peter Minter; 20. The view from Gloucester: Open Field Poetics and the politics of movement: David Herd; 21. Why Olson did ballet: the pedagogical avant-gardism of Massine: Karlien van den Beukel; 22. On the back of the elephant: riding with Charles Olson: Iain Sinclair; 23. Charles Olson's first poem: Ralph Maud; Bibliography; Index of writings by Charles Olson; IndexAs 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 ContElectronic books.811.54Herd DavidMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910478927203321Contemporary Olson2179233UNINA