Bibliography
Works by Charles Olson
This lists the more current publications of Olson's works, including the collected editions. For a sense of the original order of publication, refer to the chronology. More detailed information on Olson's original publications can be found in Butterick's notes to the Maximus, collected and supplementary poems, in Allen's and Friedlander's notes to the Collected Prose; and see Maud's bibliography in the Selected Letters.
Introductory
Selected Writings. Edited
by Robert Creeley. New York: W W Norton & Co., 2nd edition, 1997.
Originally
published in 1966; includes Mayan Letters — the only source now in print — and the "dance drama" Apollonius
of Tyana.
A Charles Olson Reader. Edited by Ralph Maud. Manchester, UK: Carcanet Press, 2005.
With an introduction and extensive annotations; illustrated.
Poems
The Maximus Poems. Edited by George F. Butterick. Berkeley / Los Angeles / London: University of California Press, 1983.
The Collected Poems of Charles Olson, excluding the Maximus Poems. Edited by George F. Butterick. Berkeley / Los Angeles / London: University of California Press, 1987.
A Nation of Nothing But Poetry: Supplementary Poems. Edited by George F. Butterick. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow
Press, 1989.
Material that Butterick considered publishable but did not include
in Collected Poems.
Selected Poems. Edited by Robert Creeley. Berkeley: University of California
Press, 1993.
Prose
The Special View of
History. Edited by Ann Charters.
Berkeley: Oyez Press, 1970.
Collected Prose. Edited by
Donald Allen and Benjamin Friedlander. Berkeley / Los Angeles / London:
University of California Press, 1997.
Includes
Call Me Ishmael.
Correspondence
Pleistocene Man: Letters from Charles Olson to John Clarke during October 1965. Buffalo: The Institute for Further Studies, 1968.
"Volume
0" of A Curriculum for the Study of the Soul.
Charles Olson & Ezra Pound: An Encounter at St Elizabeths. Edited by Catherine Seelye. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1975.
Charles Olson and Robert Creeley The Complete Correspondence. 10 volumes. Edited by George F. Butterick (1-8), Richard Blevins (9 & 10). Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980-1996.
Charles Olson & Cid Corman: Complete Correspondence 1950-1964. In two volumes, edited by George Evans. Orono, Maine:
National Poetry Foundations, 1987, 1991.
Includes
Olson's letters published in Letters for Origin 1950-1956(1970)
In Love, In Sorrow: The Complete Correspondence of Charles Olson and Edward Dahlberg. Edited by Paul Christensen. New York: Paragon House, 1990.
Maximus to Gloucester The Letters & Poems of Charles Olson to the Editor of the Gloucester Daily Times, 1962-1969. Edited and with an introduction by Peter Anastas; foreword by Gerrit Lansing. Gloucester, Mass: Ten Pound Island Book Company, 1992.
Charles Olson & Francis Boldereff: A Modern Correspondence. Edited by Ralph Maud and Sharon Thesen. Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan University Press, 1999.
Selected Letters. Edited by Ralph Maud. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, 2000.
Poet to Publisher: Charles Olson's Correspondence with Donald Allen. Edited by Ralph Maud. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2003.
Drama
The Fiery Hunt and Other Plays. Bolinas: Four Seasons Foundation, 1977.
Lectures and Interviews
Muthologos: The Collected Lectures & Interviews. Volumes I and II. Edited by George F. Butterick. San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1977, 1978.
Miscellaneous
OLSON: The Journal of the Charles Olson Archives. Edited by George F. Butterick. Storrs: University of Connecticut Library. 10 issues 1974-1978. Copies available from the library.
About Charles Olson
Olson/Melville: A Study in Affinity by Ann Charters. Berkeley: Oyez Press, 1968.
Charles Olson in Connecticut by Charles Boer. Chicago: The Swallow Press, 1975.
A Guide to the Maximus Poems of Charles Olson by George F. Butterick. Berkeley / Los Angeles / London: University of California Press, 1978.
Editing The Maximus Poems: Supplementary Notes by George F. Butterick. Storrs: University of Connecticut Library, 1983.
Charles Olson: The Critical Reception, 1941-1983, A Bibliographic Guide by William McPheron. New York / London: Garland Publishing, 1986.
Charles Olson: The Allegory of a Poet's Life by Tom Clark. 2nd ed., paperback. Berkeley, Ca.: North Atlantic Books, 2000.
Originally
published in 1991, Clark's work has been criticised by Olson associates and
scholars for its heavy-handed psychological interpretation. See, for example,
detailed responses in Minutes of the Charles Olson Society # 1, 12, 26, 29, 38 and 43.
Minutes of the Charles Olson Society edited by Ralph Maud. Vancouver, B.C.: Charles Olson Literary Society, 61 issues 1993-.
Charles Olson's Reading: A Biography by Ralph Maud. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1996.
What Does Not Change: The Significance of Charles Olson's "The Kingfishers" by Ralph Maud. Madison, NJ: Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1998.