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Charles Olson and American modernism : the practice of the self / Mark Byers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byers, Mark, 1988- author.
- Series:
- Oxford English monographs.
- Oxford English Monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olson, Charles, 1910-1970--Criticism and interpretation.
- Olson, Charles.
- Modernism (Literature)--United States.
- Modernism (Literature).
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- This text draws on the unpublished writings of Charles Olson and situates his work in the context of contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, and music to tell the story of how American poets and artists reimagined art and literature for the post-war world.
- Contents:
- The new failure of nerve
- From the barricade to the bedroom
- Uninhabited kingdoms, new worlds of space
- Thrown down glyphs
- Difficulties of discovery
- Egocentric predicaments
- Maximus: 'The practice of the self'.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-254273-7
- 0-19-185124-8
- 0-19-254272-9
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