LEADER 03267nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910828683003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35652-6 010 $a0-520-91800-2 010 $a9786612356520 010 $a1-59734-891-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520918009 035 $a(CKB)111056485634760 035 $a(EBL)223232 035 $a(OCoLC)475927410 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000243554 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11192391 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243554 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10159049 035 $a(PQKB)10124064 035 $a(OCoLC)49570140 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30702 035 $a(DE-B1597)520488 035 $a(OCoLC)1114826491 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520918009 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL223232 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10054458 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235652 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC223232 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485634760 100 $a19990916d2000 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSelected letters /$fCharles Olson ; edited by Ralph Maud 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (534 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-20580-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 433-448) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tLibrary Sources for the Charles Olson Letters in This Volume --$tA Chronology of Charles Olson's Life and Correspondence --$tI --$tII --$tIII --$tIV --$tV --$tVI --$tVII --$tVIII --$tIX --$tX --$tXI --$tBibliography --$tAnnotated Index 330 $aFor Charles Olson, letters were not only a daily means of communication with friends but were at the same time a vehicle for exploratory thought. In fact, many of Olson's finest works, including Projective Verse and the Maximus Poems, were formulated as letters. Olson's letters are important to an understanding of his definition of the postmodern, and through the play of mind exhibited here we recognize him as one of the vital thinkers of the twentieth century. In this volume, edited and annotated by Ralph Maud, we see Olson at the height of his powers and also at his most human. Nearly 200 letters, selected from a known 3,000, demonstrate the wide range of Olson's interests and the depth of his concern for the future. Maud includes letters to friends and loved ones, job and grant applications, letters of recommendation, and Black Mountain College business letters, as well as correspondence illuminating Olson's poetics. As we read through the letters, which span the years from 1931, when Olson was an undergraduate, to his death in 1970, a fascinating portrait of this complex poet and thinker emerges. 606 $aPoets, American$y20th century$vCorrespondence 615 0$aPoets, American 676 $a811/.54 676 $aB 700 $aOlson$b Charles$f1910-1970.$0469417 701 $aMaud$b Ralph$0456499 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828683003321 996 $aSelected letters$93976236 997 $aUNINA