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Washington University in St. Louis
Finding-Aid for the Robert Creeley Collection (WTU00174)Finding aid prepared by:
Special Collections Staff
Summary Information
Robert Creeley. Collection,
Creeley, Robert,
1926-
1965-1969.
ca. 4 items
WTU00174
Language: English
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 63130
Access and Use:
Open.
None
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Processed by Washington University Department Special Collections
Staff. EAD encoded finding-aid completed by Sonya
McDonald, August 2004.
Biography
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" .
Collection Scope and Content Note
Scope and Contents Note
The 4 letters in this small collection complement the larger set of
Creeley Collection 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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