Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov were prominent projectivist figures. Duncan and Levertov were a dichotomous pair and friends for years until their relationship became tense when Levertov split away form Duncan's "grand collage" poetics and put humanistic politics in her verse.
Robert Creelev was a student and teacher at the Black Mountain College. Creelev was an extremely influential figure. He was the editor of the Black Mountain Review.
Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov were prominent projectivist figures. Duncan and Levertov were a dichotomous pair and friends for years until their relationship became tense when Levertov split away form Duncan's "grand collage" poetics and put humanistic politics in her verse.
"Projective Verse" was a form of “energy transferred from where the poet got it” to the reader. Charles Olson’s essay Projective Verse became their manifesto. Olson emphasized the creative process, in which the poet’s energy is transferred through the poem to the reader.
The school, Black Mountain College, originated from Charles Olson's influential essay, "Projective Verse." In his essay, Olson called attention to the artist's ability to express their vision through breath and syllables, rather than rhyme and meter. Although the school only enrolled 1,200 students throughout its lifetime, the school harnessed some of the most creative and influential artists of its time.