LEADER 04027nam 2200469 450 001 9910478927203321 005 20170920012346.0 010 $a1-5261-1078-4 010 $a1-5261-1079-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000853544 035 $a(EBL)4706769 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4706769 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000853544 100 $a20161014h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aContemporary Olson /$fedited by David Herd 210 1$aManchester, England :$cManchester University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-5261-1678-2 311 $a0-7190-8971-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContemporary 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: Poetics 327 $a5. 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 Hampson 327 $a12. '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 Woods 327 $a18. 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; Index 330 $aAs 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 Cont 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a811.54 702 $aHerd$b David 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910478927203321 996 $aContemporary Olson$92179233 997 $aUNINA