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Cast during his year in the U of A's writer in residency, wild horses is Ottawan rob mclennan's deep lyrical engagement with Edmonton, Alberta. He sees the new terrain through his peculiar, sympathising lens--characterised by impassioned tones that range from brusque to tender. There is something of the magpie in him: nothing escapes his subtle gaze, his flighty wit, his voracious gleaning of experience. His supple lines meander and flit over scapes of love, home, family, and literature, rewarding the magpie-minded with a lucid estrangement to things both unfamiliar and familiar.
Poets, Canadian --- Canadian poets --- Canada --- Poetry / Canadian Literature.
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These letters give a unique glimpse into publishing history in Canada and tell a human story of two Canadian men of letters, one in his prime, the other at the end of his life.
Poets, Canadian --- Critics --- Literary critics --- Criticism --- Litterateurs --- Canadian poets --- Scott, Duncan Campbell, --- Brown, E. K.
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The correspondence includes heated and lively debates over the work of poets such as Robert Graves, Louis Dudek, and Charles Olson; anecdotes from the personal lives of Creeley and Layton at crucial stages in both their careers; and glimpses of a time of change when the Black Mountain and other postmodernist movements were beginning. Admirers of Creeley and Layton will find this book of special interest, as will students of literature and scholars of modern poetry.
Poets, Canadian --- Poets, American --- Canadian poets --- Layton, Irving, --- Creeley, Robert, --- Lazarovitch, Israel, --- Lazarovitch, Irving Peter,
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"The letters take us into his "workshop," illuminating the research behind his distinctive documentary long poems and the social nature of his creative production. They also reveal the complex network of writers, critics, artists and political figures of which Pratt was a part, the evolution of the Canadian book trade from the 1920s through to the early 1960s, and the emergence of radio (and specifically, of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) as a tool for forging national identity. Pratt's correspondence both confirms the public persona of one of Canada's first literary celebrities and provides glimpses of the private character behind the mask."-- "This edition of E.J. Pratt's letters is the final volume in the Collected Works series. Because of Pratt's role in the making of Canadian culture between and after the World Wars, his correspondence highlights key moments in our cultural history and provides a view of the enterprise from its very centre."--
Poets, Canadian --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. --- Canadian poets --- Pratt, E. J. --- Pratt, Edwin John,
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Poets, French-Canadian --- Biography. --- French-Canadian poets --- Biography --- Nelligan, Emile, --- Nelligan (emile), poete canadien, 1879-1941 --- Critique et interpretation
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"In a series of poems inspired by Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, E.D. Blodgett searches for meaning amidst grief. In the contemplative gentleness of his words, he finds the special light children possess in their state of unknowing as they encounter the world. These sparse poems move through acceptance and resignation to the solace that exists in the word. Blodgett's poetry will speak to readers who have experienced loss, are exploring grief, or want to find a way to connect with stillness as they meditate on the unfathomable nothingness of death."--
Canadian poetry --- Poets, Canadian --- Grief --- Canadian poets --- Canadian poetry (English) --- Canadian literature --- 2000-2099 --- Poetry / Canadian Literature.
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American poetry. --- Poetry --- Poetry. --- American poetry --- Poems --- Verses (Poetry) --- Literature --- American literature --- Philosophy --- Poets, Canadian. --- Canadian poetry. --- Canadian poetry (English) --- Canadian literature --- Canadian poets
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"Pleasure," Jennifer Moxley writes in her introduction to this volume, "is the word that first comes to mind at the mention of Nicole Brossard's poetry." This volume provides English-language readers with an overview of the life and work of Nicole Brossard, poet, novelist, and essayist, who is widely recognized in her native Québec and throughout the French-speaking world as one of the greatest writers of her generation. Brossard's poetry is rooted in her investigations of language, her abiding commitment to a feminist consciousness, and her capacity for renewing meaning as a virtual space of desire. The reader enters a poetic world in which the aesthetic is joined with the political, and the meaning of both is enriched in the process. The selections in this volume include translations of some of Brossard's best-known works-Lovhers, Ultra Sounds, Museum of Bone and Water, Notebook of Roses and Civilization-along with short prose works, an interview with Brossard, and a bibliography of works in French and English, and constitute the most substantial English-language sampling published to date of one of Canada's greatest living poets.
POETRY / General. --- Brossard, Nicole --- Brossard, Nicole, --- beauty. --- book club reads. --- canada. --- canadian poets. --- contemporary poets. --- desire. --- discussion books. --- engaging. --- english majors. --- english translation. --- essays. --- famous poets. --- feminism. --- feminist poetry. --- french canadian author. --- french poetry. --- heartfelt. --- humanity. --- interview. --- language. --- literary. --- men and women. --- modern day poetry. --- nicole brossard. --- nonfiction. --- novelist. --- poetry collection. --- poets for the millenium. --- poets. --- political poems. --- short prose. --- translated poetry. --- women poets.
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The Metaphor of Celebrity is an exploration of the significance of literary celebrity in Canadian poetry. It focuses on the lives and writing of four widely recognized authors who wrote about stardom -- Leonard Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, Irving Layton, and Gwendolyn MacEwen -- and the specific moments in Canadian history that affected the ways in which they were received by the broader public. Joel Deshaye elucidates the relationship between literary celebrity and metaphor in the identity crises of celebrities, who must try to balance their public and private selves in the face of considerable publicity. He also examines the ways in which celebrity in Canadian poetry developed in a unique way in light of the significant cultural events of the decades between 1950 and 1980, including the Massey Commission, the flourishing of Canadian publishing, and the considerable interest in poetry in the 1960s and 1970s, which was followed by a rapid fall from public grace, as poetry was overwhelmed by greater popular interest in Canadian novels."--Publisher website
Canadian poetry --- Poets, Canadian --- Authors and readers --- Readers and authors --- Authorship --- Canadian poetry (English) --- Canadian literature --- Canadian poets --- History and criticism. --- Public relations. --- Social aspects. --- History --- Canada. --- Canada (Province) --- Canadae --- Ceanada --- Chanada --- Chanadey --- Dominio del Canadá --- Dominion of Canada --- Jianada --- Kʻaenada --- Kaineḍā --- Kanada --- Ḳanadah --- Kanadaja --- Kanadas --- Ḳanade --- Kanado --- Kanakā --- Province of Canada --- Republica de Canadá --- Yn Chanadey
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