{"product_id":"collected-prose-charles-olson-9780520208735","title":"Collected Prose","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eCollected Prose\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eCall Me Ishmael\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 recent wars in Europe and Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditors Donald Allen and Benjamin Friedlander offer helpful annotations throughout, and poet Robert Creeley, who enjoyed a long and mutually influential relationship with Olson, provides the book's introduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Olson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520208730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520208735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.14w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/1997 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/1997 pg. 680\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1998 pg. 100","brand":"Charles Olson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056205197567,"sku":"9780520208735","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26b5fe45-0a2f-49d7-acef-969aec4fd222.jpg?v=1685040077","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/collected-prose-charles-olson-9780520208735","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}