{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-charles-olson","title":"Selected Poems of Charles Olson","description":"\"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). A 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. In this selection of some 70 poems, Robert Creeley has sought to present a personal reading of Charles Olson's decisive and inimitable work - 'unequivocal instances of his genius' - over the many years of their friendship.","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221921452376,"sku":"9780520212329","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780520212329_04ef2eac-58aa-44b1-b5af-d986da775ac3.jpg?v=1776936619","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/selected-poems-of-charles-olson","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}