Charles Olson: Call Him Ishmael

by Paul Christensen

Book Overview

Charles Olson was an important force behind the raucous, explicit, jaunty style of much of twentieth-century poetry in America. This study makes a major contribution to our understanding of his life and work.

Paul Christensen draws upon a wide variety of source materials--from letters, unpublished essays, and fragments and sketches from the Olson Archives to the full range of Olson's published prose and poetry. Under Christensen's critical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292739982
• ISBN13: 9780292739987
• Release Date: October 1978
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"