Call Me Ishmael (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Call Me IshmaelHerman Melville was born in New York August 1, 1819, and on the 12th of that month the Essex, a well-found Whaler of 238 tons, sailed from Nantucket with George Pollard, Jr. As captain, Owen Chase and Matthew Joy mates, 6 of her complement of 20 men Negroes, bound for the Pacific Ocean, victualled and provided for two years and a half.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Call Me IshmaelHerman Melville was born in New York August 1, 1819, and on the 12th of that month the Essex, a well-found Whaler of 238 tons, sailed from Nantucket with George Pollard, Jr. As captain, Owen Chase and Matthew Joy mates, 6 of her complement of 20 men Negroes, bound for the Pacific Ocean, victualled and provided for two years and a half.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

For Charles Olson, letters were not only a daily means of communication with friends but were at the same time a vehicle for exploratory thought. In fact, many of Olson's finest works, including Projective Verse and the Maximus Poems, were formulated as letters. Olson's letters are important to an understanding of his definition of the postmodern, and through the play of mind exhibited here we recognize him as one of the vital thinkers of the twentieth century. In this volume, edited and annotated by Ralph Maud, we see Olson at the height of his powers and also at his most human. Nearly 200 letters, selected from a known 3,000, demonstrate the wide range of Olson's interests and the depth of his concern for the future. Maud includes letters to friends and loved ones, job and grant applications, letters of recommendation, and Black Mountain College business letters, as well as correspondence illuminating Olson's poetics. As we read through the letters, which span the years from 1931, when Olson was an undergraduate, to his death in 1970, a fascinating portrait of this complex poet and thinker emerges.

Selected Letters Charles Olson

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

University of California Press

A collection of modern poems probing the human feelings which penetrate life and history along the northern Massachusetts coast

Maximus Poems (Volume Three)

Poetry

Penguin??Books

Charles Olson (1910-1970), described by William Carlos Williams as "a major poet with a sweep of understanding of the world" and who, as Joel Oppenheimer once wrote, "brought two generations to life," stood as a bridge between the first leaders of the modern movement, such as Pound and Stein, and some of the most important later innovators (Denise Levertov acclaimed his work "magnificent"). This landmark collection, first published in 1967 and edited by his long-time friend Robert Creeley, includes poems from Olson’s superlative book, The Distances, as well as from his epic Maximus Poems. Also included are the entirety of the "Mayan Letters," written to Creeley while Olson was in the Yucatan studying Mayan hieroglyphs; "Appolonius of Tyana," a background script for an original dance play; and his ground-breaking manifesto on "Projective Verse" as well as other essential essays.

Selected Writings

United States

New Directions

Charles Olson called his letters with Robert Creeley "perhaps the most important correspondence of my life."Through personal narrative and critique of individual poems, the nearly 1000 letters that passed between Olson and Creely parse the evolution of their generation's poetics. Meticulously collected and edited by George F. Butterick and, later, Richard Blevins, these ten volumes stand as priceless testament to an entire era of the American word.

Charles Olson & Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence: Volume 1

Robert, Creeley

Black Sparrow Press

Charles Olson and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence - Vol. 1

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History & Criticism

Book by Charles Olson, Edward Dahlberg

In Love, In Sorrow: The Complete Correspondence of Charles Olson and Edward Dahlberg

Edward Dahlberg

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Call Me Ishmael (Classic Reprint)

Call Me Ishmael (Classic Reprint)

Selected Letters Charles Olson

Maximus Poems (Volume Three)

Selected Writings

Charles Olson & Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence: Volume 1

Charles Olson and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence - Vol. 1

Charles Olson and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence: 003

In Love, In Sorrow: The Complete Correspondence of Charles Olson and Edward Dahlberg