The Maximus Poems by Charles Olson (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Maximus Poems by Charles Olson, George F. Butterick Praised by his contemporaries and emulated by his successors, Charles Olson (1910-1970) 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." This complete edition brings together the three volumes of Olsons long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968, and 1975) in an authoritative version. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Praised by his contemporaries and emulated by his successors, Charles Olson (1910-1970) 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." This complete edition brings together the three volumes of Olsons long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968, and 1975) in an authoritative version. Author Biography George F. Butterick had a long familiarity with Olsons writings. He studied with the poet at the State University of New York at Buffalo, prepared the definitive Guide to "The Maximus Poems" of Charles Olson, and served as Curator of Literary Archives at the University of Connecticut (Storrs), which houses Charles Olsons papers. Review "Probably the most ambitious poem ever written by an American."--"Los Angeles Times Kirkus US Review Olsons Maximus suite - rambling, blustery, meditative poems on the American past and present - often speaks best to the reader in the lyric sections. When Olson says, for instance, in "Maximus, to Himself," that "it is the undone business/ I speak of," or that "I had to learn the simplest things/ last," or "that we grow up many/ And the single/ is not easily/ known," he is encapsulating in fragmentary observations much of the emotional drive of his master plan. It is not only that the parts of Maximus are better than the whole, but also that the whole, taken as such, is continually eluding artistic definition, while the "incidental," even fortuitous aspects of Olsons congeries really give us the heart of the man. Olson, who died in 1970, had great underground reclame during the 50s for his "open" structure or "high-energy construct," a technique which both looked back to Pound and Williams and ahead to the Beats. Yet his myth of the Republic "in gloom at Watchhouse Point" is never as persuasive as Williams similar effort in Patterson. Randall Jarrell says of the industrial swamp of Williams northeastern New Jersey that "in these poems the Nature of the edge of the American city - the weeds, clouds, and children of vacant lots - and its reflection in the minds of its inhabitants exist for good." Olson, lacking Williams blessed, pragmatic concreteness, was often given to blunt theorizing or fulminations against "the Big False Humanism." He was not the profound chronicler of the American adventure he took himself to be; he was, rather, a miniaturist of the populist spirit which is always veering toward some marine or pastoral solitude. Beneath his cantankerous persona there was a gentle soul. (Kirkus Reviews) Details ISBN0520055950 Author George F. Butterick Pages 664 Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520055950 ISBN-13 9780520055957 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 811.54 Year 1985 Imprint University of California Press Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Berkerley Residence US Birth 1910 Death 1970 Illustrations black & white illustrations Short Title MAXIMUS POEMS REV/E Edition Description Revised Edited by George F. Butterick DOI 10.1604/9780520055957 UK Release Date 1985-07-25 NZ Release Date 1985-07-25 US Release Date 1985-07-25 Publication Date 1985-07-25 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 1985-07-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134700361;

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