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Contemporary Olson by David Herd is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Contemporary Olson about?
<p>As poet, critic, theorist and teacher, Charles Olson extended the possibilities of modern writing. From Call Me Ishmael, his pioneering study of Herman Melville, to his epic poetic project The Maximus Poems, Olson probed the relation between language, space and community. Writing in the aftermath of the Second World War, he provided radical resources for the re-imagining of place and politics, resources for collective thought and creative practice we are still learning how to use.<br> <br> Re
Who reads Contemporary Olson?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Herd
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781526116789
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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