An Open Map: The Correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson

Book Overview

The correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson is one of the foundational literary exchanges of twentieth-century American poetry. The 130 letters collected in this volume begin in 1947 just after the two poets first meet in Berkeley, California, and continue to Olson's death in January 1970. Both men initiated a novel stance toward poetry, and they matched each other with huge accomplishments, an enquiring, declarative intelligence, wide-ranging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826354289
• ISBN13: 9780826354280
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"