SECRET OF THE BLACK CHRYSANTHEMUM (The Clinamen Studies Series) - Softcover

Stein, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088268017X ISBN 13: 9780882680170

Publisher: AmazonUs/INDPB, 1987

Synopsis

This is a hardcover book published with a dust jacket price of $27.50 by Station Hill Press, Barrytown, NY 12507 in 1987. Reissued as a paperback in 1997. The complete title is "Secret of the Black Chrysanthemum: The Poetic Cosmology of Charles Olson and His Use of The writings of C. G. Jung including an annotated facsimile of Olson's last text." This text explores Charles Olson's visionary poetics and the extensive use he made of the writings of Jung. Offering numerous readings of poems from the "Maximus" series, Stein provides a useful and clearly written introduction to the major themes, cosmological speculations, and poetic inventions of Olson's work.

About this title

From the Author

Stein is author of thirteen books including a translation of The Odyssey; a vision of the Eleusinian Mysteries, Persephone Unveiled; a study of poet Charles Olson, The Secret of the Black Chrysanthemum; and a study of Gary Hill, The Art of Limina. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and lives in Barrytown, New York. For more, www.charlessteinpoet.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: AmazonUs/INDPB
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 088268017X
• ISBN 13: 9780882680170
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224