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The last Canadian poet : an essay on Al Purdy /

"In The Last Canadian Poet Sam Solecki offers the first book-length study of the entire body of work of Al Purdy. This book takes into account not only Purdy's more than forty published books, but also the manuscripts from the Purdy archives at the University of Saskatchewan and Queen'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Solecki, Sam, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • I. Poetry, Nation, and the Last Canadian Poet
  • II. The Poetry of Al Purdy
  • 1. Bliss Carman's Shadow
  • 2. D.H. Lawrence in North America
  • 3. The Limits of Lyric
  • 4. Poetry and the Poet
  • 5. Starting from Ameliasburg: Old Rid, Owen Roblin, and Al
  • 6. History and Nation
  • 7. Origins and Being
  • 8. Conclusion: The Future of the Past
  • APPENDIX. Annotating the Poems of Al Purdy: Quotation, Allusion, Echo, and (Some) References
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index