附註:Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction; I. INSISTENCES; II. EMERSON; III. WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS; IV. H.D.; V. HART CRANE; VII. ROBERT CREELEY; VIII. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF CHARLES OLSONAND ROBERT CREELEY; IX. GARY SNYDER AND WENDELL BERRY; X. BARRY LOPEZ; Previous Publications.
摘要:". . . The celebration of a point of view that Paul is uniquely equipped to communicate. ... It provides an excellent treatment of the development and practice of a powerful poetic force in modern poetry today, showing the theoretic coherence of Emerson, Whitman, Pound, Williams, and particularly, Olson, as originators and practitioners of 'open' forms."--Thomas Merrill"This book is going to be of value to a number of different readers. For teachers and writers it is a resource and a stimulus for participating in an open poetics. On a utilitarian level it will help to respond to the recent.