An Open Map : The Correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson.
- 1st ed.
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- Recencies Series: Research and Recovery in Twentieth-Century American Poetics Series .
- Recencies Series: Research and Recovery in Twentieth-Century American Poetics Series .
Cover -- Halftitle -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Text -- Introduction: Love and the Idea of Form -- Part One: "near-far Mister Olson" (1947-1955) -- Part Two: Duncan in Majorca (1955-1956) -- Part Three: "Haven't you, from 'Wisdom as Such' on, given me myself" (1956-1957) -- Part Four: Prjecting Verse, Opening the Field (1958-1961) -- Part Five: "you must feed your heart, Mr. Olson" (1963-1969) -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.