Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. 1. Charles Olson: An Introduction 1
6. 2. Toward a New Reality 24
7. 3. Projectivism and the Short Poems 69
8. 4. The Maximus Poems 117
9. 5. Olson and the Black Mountain Poets 161
10. Notes 213
11. Works Cited 229
12. Index 239