{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-charles-olson-centennial-books-9780520212329","title":"Selected Poems of Charles Olson (Centennial Books)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected Poems of Charles Olson (Centennial Books)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Olson, Charles. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780520212329.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I have assumed a great deal in the selection of the poems from such a large and various number, making them a discourse unavoidably my own as well as any Olson himself might have chosen to offer. I had finally no advice but the long held habit of our using one another, during his life, to act as a measure, a bearing, an unabashed response to what either might write or say.\"―Robert Creeley\n\nA seminal figure in post-World War II literature, Charles Olson has helped define the postmodern sensibility. His poetry embraces themes of empowering love, political responsibility, the wisdom of dreams, the intellect as a unit of energy, the restoration of the archaic, and the transformation of consciousness―all carried in a voice both intimate and grand, American and timeless, impassioned and coolly demanding.\n\nIn this selection of some 70 poems, Robert Creeley has sought to present a personal reading of Charles Olsons decisive and inimitable work―\"unequivocal instances of his genius\"―over the many years of their friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118099030069,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520212320","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520212329_472c2c9d-b131-41d1-ae71-05af1d33aebe.jpg?v=1781406681","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/selected-poems-of-charles-olson-centennial-books-9780520212329","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}