The Ivory Thought - Essays on Al Purdy

Informationen zum Autor Gerald Lynch is the general editor of the Reappraisals: Canadian Writers series on Canadian literature (University of Ottawa Press), and Professor of English at the University of Ottawa. Shoshannah Ganz has published work on E.J. Pratt, Elizabeth Smart, Miriam Waddington, and Rachel Korn among others. She teaches English at Sir Wilfrid Grenfell College, Memorial University. Josephene Kealey is a doctoral student in English at the University of Ottawa. She is writing a thesis comparing the short story cycles of a number of Canadian and American writers. Klappentext George Bowering once called Al Purdy -the world's most Canadian poet.- The essays collected in "The Ivory Thought" explore Purdy's significant contribution to Canadian and world literature. Zusammenfassung If one poet can be said to be the Canadian poet, that poet is Al Purdy (1918-2000). This title explores: Purdy's significance to contemporary writers; the life he dedicated to literature and the persona he crafted; the influences acting on his development as a poet; and, the larger themes in his work, such as "The Canadian North".

Product details

• Authors: Gerald (EDT)/ Ganz Lynch
• Assisted by: Shoshannah Ganz (Editor), Josephene Kealey (Editor), Josephene T. M. Kealey (Editor), Josephene T.M. Kealey (Editor), Gerald Lynch (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2008
• EAN: 9780776606651
• ISBN: 978-0-7766-0665-1
• No. of pages: 265
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers; Reappraisals: Canadian Writers
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies