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- 1961 - [1992] (Creation)
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Charles Olson, studies of Olson: photocopy of article 'What I see in "The Maximus Poems" part 1' by Ed Dorn from Kulchur 4 (New York, 1961) 31-44; photocopy of excerpts from Jane Harrison's Epilogomena to hope (University Books, New Hyde Park, New York, 1962); photocopy of 'Two letters to the editor' from Olson and subsequent article 'Alchemy mythology & value' by John Crawford from Mail 3 (1970); photocopy of article 'Regaining the primordial (Charles Olson as teacher)', with other memoirs, from Athanor 1 (1971); photocopy of typescript transcript of lecture 'On Maximus IV, V, & VI' by Jeremy Prynne at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, 1971; photocopied extract on West Gloucester and Magnolia from Joseph E. Garland The Gloucester guide (1973); photocopy of extracts from A guide to The Maximus Poems of Charles Olson by George F. Butterick (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1979); typescript essay 'The uses of etymology in the poetry of Charles Olson' by Christopher Beckett [1980], with some annotations by Mottram; booklet Charles Olson: his only weather by Clive Meachen, published as Spanner 3/3 (London, 1983); photocopy of typescript of chapter 1 of thesis 'Olson's presentation of the theme of origin' by Chris Beckett, with covering manuscript note from Beckett, 10 Nov 1987; photocopy of typescript of introduction to thesis, headed 'Charles Olson: suspended in the genesis', with covering manuscript note from the author, Chris Beckett, 2 Mar 1990, in plastic presentation folder; typescript draft of part of thesis by Mark Shackleton of chapters 7 and 8 of his subsequent book Moving outward: the development of Charles Olson's use of myth (University of Helsinki, 1994), with annotations by Mottram; unattributed typescript essay on Olson headed 'An approach to culture'; unsourced extract from printed newsletter including article 'Melville and Olson: the poetics of form' by Robert Bertholf; photocopy of unsourced article 'Regarding Olsons' "Maximus"' by Robert Duncan; undated typescript essay by Mark Shackleton, on Olson's West (The Goliard Press, London, 1966)