- Paperback: 664 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press; Reissue edition (July 25 1985)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0520055950
- ISBN-13: 978-0520055957
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 17.3 x 4.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #100 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > British
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"Probably the most ambitious poem ever written by an American."--"Los Angeles Times
Book Description
Praised by his contemporaries and emulated by his successors, Charles Olson (1910-1970) was declared by William Carlos Williams to be "a major poet with a sweep of understanding of the world, a feeling for other men that staggers me." This complete edition brings together the three volumes of Olson's long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968, and 1975) in an authoritative version.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Dear Dellaphon,
By "cuttysark81" (San Marcos, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Maximus Poems (Paperback)
A masterpiece (and an ample illustration of Gertrude Stein's answer to "why there are so few of them"). One wonders how Jacob Dellaphon (reviewer from RI) could manage to come away from his reading having allowed himself to LEARN absolutely nothing. Don't let any initial impressions of Olson's difficulty (or his pretention, or the pretention of some of his more zealous readers) steer you away from what he has WITNESSED. "Polis is eyes."
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olson's maximus,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Maximus Poems (Paperback)
"In the land of plenty, havenothing to do with it" olson was a large man & the maximus poems is some of what he got down on paper. "he and I seeming it is a big book that requires time and care of attention it's also a reference, something that can be "dug up" to serve as signs or points. the lyric passages are often very low to the ground "the forests,
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Relief for Insomniacs - The "Poetry" of Charles Olson,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Maximus Poems (Paperback)
I was forced to read this dreck for an architecture(?) class. Although I love to read, and so usually approach unknown materials with an open mind, I quickly lost any illusion of interest once the first few pages were read. This "poem" is hard to follow, impossible to translate, boring to read. Now if I could only find someone to take this book off of my hands.
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