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Prynne, Olson’s Maximus IV, V, VI\n\t\t000\tIntroduction\n\t\t024\tMaximus IV, V, VI, a “simple poem”.  It is not a lyric poem\n\t\t065\tHow a seemingly lyrical poem like “The Twist” avoids being lyrical\n\t\t071\t…poem is “simple” but Olson’s life dense and complex\n\t\t087\tDefinition of “cosmos”, “cosmology”\n\t\t100\t“Lyric” relies on metaphor; a condition “of the part”, not “of the whole”\n\t\t110\tFirst part of Maximus has a “lyrical” thrust outward into the ocean and cosmos; later part (IV, V, VI) man turns his back on the sea, back to the land\n\t\t148\tMaximus “folds back on itself”, from cosmos to land, from story to myth – “muthos”\n\t\t180\tMaximus a “circular” poem; when “lyric’ concludes, condition of myth takes over\n\t\t204\tMilton’s “Paradise Lost” a circular poem with a fault (original sin); Maximus a circular poem without a fault – “the world is an eternal event”\n\t\t240\tOlson gets away from the “lyric” by becoming “estranged from that which was most familiar”: the Earth, “home”\n\t\t288\t“Obscure LYRIC” IS PERMISSABLE; “OBSCURE EPIC” is a failed epic\n\t\t320\tSecond Maximus a simple part of an epic poem; describes “homecoming”\n\t\t340\tMaximus a “complete” poem\n\t\t389\t“We escape the metaphor… We participate in the condition of being… beyond the condition of meaning”\n\t\t406\t“The ‘love epic’” : Love for the “whole”, for the cosmos\n\t\t420\tOlson “nods to” Ezra Pound in his epic\n\t\t429\tKeats’ struggle to get out of “local” “lyrical” condition in “Hyperion”; struggle to do what Olson does\n\t\t467\t“the ‘curvature’ of the universe is love”\n\t\t502\tThe universe is simple as a whole, as is its language: a “capacity for love”\n\t\t576\tQuestions from the audience"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Released on Folkways FL 9738\\nSide 1 30:40\\nSide 1 30:55\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670553750077442,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:58.173Z","score":5.2402368}]