{"product_id":"collected-prose-9780520208735","title":"Collected Prose","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe prose writings of Charles Olson (19101970) have had a far-reaching and continuing impact on post-World War II American poetics. Olsons theories  which made explicit the principles of his own poetics and those of the Black Mountain poets  were instrumental in defining the sense of the postmodern in poetry and form the basis of most postwar free verse.  The Collected Prose brings together in one volume the works published for the most part between 1946 and 1969  many of which are now out of print. A valuable companion to editions of Olsons poetry  the book backgrounds the poetics  preoccupations  and fascinations that underpin his great poems. Included are Call Me Ishmael  a classic of American literary criticism; the influential essays \"Projective Verse\" and \"Human Universe\"; and essays  book reviews  and Olsons notes on his studies. In these pieces one can trace the development of his new science of man  called \"muthologos \" a radical mix of myth and phenomenology that Olson offered in opposition to the mechanistic discourse and rationalizing policy he associated with Americas recent wars in Europe and Asia.  Editors Donald Allen and Benjamin Friedlander offer helpful annotations throughout  and poet Robert Creeley  who enjoyed a long and mutually influential relationship with Olson  provides the books introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665910095925,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520208730","price":37.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520208735.jpg?v=1782413898","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/collected-prose-9780520208735","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}