Charles Olson's Reading: A Biography

by Ralph Maud

In this narrative account of the life and work of Charles Olson, Ralph Maud focuses on what the poet read as a basis for understanding the work he produced.

To an extraordinary degree, Olson's reading and life were coextensive, according to Maud, who notes that Olson saw his written output over his lifetime as a total cosmology. An individual who rarely traveled, this major American poet explored the world and its history as well as the furthest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809319950
• ISBN13: 9780809319954
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"