{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-charles-olson-charles-olson-9780520212329","title":"Selected Poems of Charles Olson","description":"\"I have assumed a great deal in the selection of the poems from such a large and various number, making them a discourse unavoidably my own as well as any Olson himself might have chosen to offer. I had finally no advice but the long held habit of our using one another, during his life, to act as a measure, a bearing, an unabashed response to what either might write or say.\"--Robert Creeley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA seminal figure in post-World War II literature, Charles Olson has helped define the postmodern sensibility. His poetry embraces themes of empowering love, political responsibility, the wisdom of dreams, the intellect as a unit of energy, the restoration of the archaic, and the transformation of consciousness--all carried in a voice both intimate and grand, American and timeless, impassioned and coolly demanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this selection of some 70 poems, Robert Creeley has sought to present a personal reading of Charles Olson's decisive and inimitable work--\"unequivocal instances of his genius\"--over the many years of their friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Olson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520212320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520212329\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\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.14h x 8.03w x 0.72d","brand":"Charles Olson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946693787903,"sku":"9780520212329","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ea59eea8-61ff-4d53-8a09-cd3de18457b1.jpg?v=1681514601","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selected-poems-of-charles-olson-charles-olson-9780520212329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}