Imagining Persons
Robert Duncan's Lectures on Charles Olson
Published on 30. December 2017
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-8263-5891-2 (ISBN)
Description
Robert Duncan's nine lectures on Charles Olson, delivered intermittently from 1961 to 1983, explore the modernist literary background and influences of Olson's influential 1950 essay "Projective Verse." These transcribed talks pay tribute to Olson and expand our knowledge of Duncan's vision of modernist writing.
Reviews / Votes
In these lectures, Duncan explores the meaning and context of Olson's poetry and dynamic presence as poet and innovator, while also providing a broader representation of poetry and thought, ancient and modern, delivered with wit, intelligence, curiosity, and care. Essential reading for anyone interested in . . . the work of two of the most important poets of the postwar period."" - Peter O'Leary, author of Gnostic Contagion: Robert Duncan and the Poetry of IllnessMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Albuquerque, NM
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
555 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8263-5891-2 (9780826358912)
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Persons
Robert J. Bertholf (1940 - 2016) served as the curator of the Poetry Collection at the University of Buffalo for twenty-five years. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including several about Robert Duncan and his work.
Dale M. Smith is an associate professor in Ryerson University's Department of English. He is the author of Poets Beyond the Barricade: Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Dissent after 1960 and Slow Poetry in America.
Dale M. Smith is an associate professor in Ryerson University's Department of English. He is the author of Poets Beyond the Barricade: Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Dissent after 1960 and Slow Poetry in America.