{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-of-charles-charles-olson-9780520212312","title":"The Collected Poems of Charles Olson: Excluding the Maximus Poems","description":"A seminal figure in post-World War II literature, Charles Olson (1910-1970) has helped define the postmodern sensibility. His poetry is marked by an almost limitless range of interest and extraordinary depth of feeling. Olson's themes are among the largest conceivable: empowering love, political responsibility, historical discovery and cultural reckoning, the wisdom of dreams and the transformation of consciousness--all carried in a voice both intimate and grand, American and timeless, impassioned and coolly demanding. Until recently, Olson's reputation as a major figure in American literature has rested primarily on his theoretical writings and his epic work, the \u003ci\u003eMaximus Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. With \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e an even more impressive Olson emerges. This volume brings together all of Olson's work and extends the poetic accomplishment that influenced a generation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Olson was praised by his contemporaries and emulated by his successors. He was declared by William Carlos Williams to be \"a major poet with a sweep of understanding of the world, a feeling for other men that staggers me.\" His indispensable essays, \"Projective Verse\" and \"Human Universe,\" and his study of Melville, \u003ci\u003eCall Me Ishmael\u003c\/i\u003e, remain as fresh today as when they were written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Olson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520212312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520212312\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 11\/30\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.98h x 7.04w x 1.65d","brand":"Charles Olson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992210112767,"sku":"9780520212312","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83647c10-d041-40e7-bbb0-7525c5d73348.jpg?v=1683314665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-collected-poems-of-charles-charles-olson-9780520212312","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}