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Elder Olson (1909–1992)

Author of The Poetry of Dylan Thomas

14+ Works 122 Members 1 Review

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Works by Elder Olson

The Poetry of Dylan Thomas (1954) 29 copies

Tragedy and the Theory of Drama (1961) 22 copies

Aristotle's Poetics and English literature; a collection of critical essays (1965) 19 copies

The Theory of Comedy (1968) 10 copies

Collected Poems (1963) 10 copies

Olson's Penny Arcade (1975) 6 copies

Major Voices: Twenty British and American Poets (1973) 5 copies

Plays and Poems 1948-1958 (1958) 5 copies

Theories of Comedy 4 copies

American Lyric Poems 3 copies

On Value Judgements in the Arts ; Other Essays (1976) 3 copies

Last Poems (1984) 2 copies

The Cock of Heaven 2 copies

Über Formalismus Diskussion eines ästhetischen Begriffs 2 copies

Associated Works

American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume Two: E. E. Cummings to May Swenson (2000) — Contributor — 410 copies

Critics and Criticism: Ancient and Modern (1952) 30 copies

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Legal name: Olson, Elder James
Birthdate: 1909-03-09
Date of death: 1992-07-25
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Place of death: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Education: University of Chicago
Occupations: poet
literary critic
playwright
teacher

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Tragedy and the Theory of Drama by Elder Olson

Edition: // Descr: 269 p. 20 cm. // Series: Call No. { } Shelved in Kade German Center, 116 Lawrence: Drama // // Discussion of the elements of drama, creating dramatic action and effect and several classic dramas

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