Ralph Maud (December 24, 1928 – December 8, 2014) was a Canadian literary scholar."Ralph Maud (1928-2014)"
''BC Bookworld'', December 11, 2014. He was a professor at English at

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located from ...

and was regarded as an expert on the work of poets

Dylan Thomas Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" ''Under ...

and

Charles Olson Charles Olson (27 December 1910 – 10 January 1970) was a second generation modern American poet who was a link between earlier figures such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets, which includes the New York ...

Bibliography

Maud served as editor for several anthologies published by

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in Vancouver, Canada: * 1978; ''The Salish People: The Local Contribution of Charles Hill-Tout'' * 1982: ''A Guide to B.C. Indian Myth and Legend'' * 1987: ''The Chilliwacks and Their Neighbors'' * 1993: ''The Porcupine Hunter and Other Stories'' * 2000: ''Transmission Difficulties: Franz Boas and Tsimshian Mythology'' * 2004: ''Poet to Publisher: Charles Olson’s Correspondence with Donald Allen'' * 2008: ''Charles Olson at the Harbor'' * 2010: ''Muthologos: Lectures and Interviews, Revised Second Edition (by Charles Olson)'' edited by Ralph Maud * 2014: ''After Completion: The Later Letters of Charles Olson and Frances Boldereff'' co-edited with

Sharon Thesen Sharon Thesen (born 1946 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian poet who lives in Lake Country, British Columbia. She teaches at University of British Columbia Okanagan. In 2003, Thesen was a judge for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Selected works ...

In 1989 J. M. Dent and Company published his edition of notebook poems of

: * ''The Notebook Poems 1930–34'' In 1996

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published Maud's work on

: * ''Charles Olson's Reading: A Biography''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maud, Ralph 1928 births 2014 deaths Simon Fraser University faculty Canadian non-fiction writers Writers from British Columbia