Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
Feb 1, 1998
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
ISBN-10
1611471494
ISBN-13
9781611471496
Description
Taking its title from the first line of Charles Olson's poem "The Kingfishers," this book provides a full-scale exegesis of that milestone poem in postwar American literature. Maud demonstrates that this poem is so crucial to understanding Olson's development that a study of it takes one into every aspect of Olson's early life and thought. This long-awaited explication (Guy Davenport announced its existence and anticipated its importance in 1985) removes what has been an obstacle in the path of further study of Olson.
Genres
Poetry