Robert Creeley, 1926- . American author
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Finding-Aid for the Creeley Papers [00174]Collection Description
Letters, 1965-1969
4 items
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Emerging as a young poet in the late 1940's, Creeley corresponded with those members of the previous literary generation whom he regarded as mentors: Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Louis Zukofsky, Basil Bunting, Edward Dahlberg, to name just a few. Together with Charles Olson, Creeley transformed Modernist poetics into a new one which is most commonly referred to as the Black Mountain School after the North Carolina college of which Olson was rector and Creeley a faculty member in the mid-1950's. In their correspondence, Creeley and Olson experimented with what Olson called "projective verse."
The 4 letters in this small collection complement the larger set of Creeley Papers at Washington University. They span February 26, 1965-October 14, 1969 and are addressed to Diana Di Prima, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Marlowe, and Louis Rowan.
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Creeley, Robert, 1926- . American author