An Open Map by Robert J Bertholf

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Summary

The correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson is one of the foundational literary exchanges of twentieth-century American poetry. More than a literary correspondence, An Open Map gives insight into an essential period of poetic advancement in cultural history.

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An Open Map by Robert J Bertholf

The 130 letters collected in this volume begin in 1947 just after Robert Duncan and Charles Olson first meet in Berkeley, California, and continue to Olson's death in January 1970.
An essential correspondence between two [of] the most innovative and visionary poets in American literatureIn these letters is contained the generative energies of some of the best poetry written in the twentieth century." - Peter O'Leary, author of Gnostic Contagion: Robert Duncan and the Poetry of Illness
Robert J. Bertholf (1940-2016) served as the curator of the Poetry Collection at the University of Buffalo for twenty-five years. He was the author and editor of numerous books, including several about Robert Duncan and his work.

Dale M. Smith is an associate professor in Ryerson University's Department of English. He is the author of Poets Beyond the Barricade: Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Dissent after 1960 and Slow Poetry in America.
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ISBN 13 9780826354280
ISBN 10 0826354289
Title An Open Map
Author Robert J Bertholf
Series Recencies Series: Research And Recovery In Twentieth-Century American Poetics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of New Mexico Press
Year published 2020-02-28
Number of pages 328
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.