Selected Poems of Frank Prewett

Although his work is relatively unknown in Canada, he was one of the first great Canadian poets. Now you can get a complete introduction to his life and works in Selected Poems of Frank Prewett. This comprehensive book examines Prewett's life from his childhood in Mount Forest, Ontario, to his involvement in the First World War. It is there that he befriended Siegfried Sassoon and later becomes a poet and a celebrity among the British literati. Prewett eventually became friends with such legendary writers as Aldous Huxley, Virginia Woolf and Thomas Hardy.

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Frank Prewett was a broadcaster, editor, teacher, and poet whose work was praised by the likes of Lady Ottoline Morrell, W. B. Yeats, Thomas Hardy, T. S. Eliot, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, and Aldous Huxley. He died in 1962. Bruce Meyer is author of more than 20 books, including The Golden Thread and seven collections of poetry. Barry Callaghan was a professor at York University and is the founder of Exile Editions and editor of Exile: A Literary Quarterly.

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• Autori: Frank Prewett
• Con la collaborazione di: Barry Callaghan (Editore), Bruce Meyer (Editore)
• Editore: Exile Editions
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2000
• EAN: 9781550965261
• ISBN: 978-1-55096-526-1
• Pagine: 108
• Dimensioni: 108 mm x 178 mm x 8 mm
• Peso: 82 g
• Serie: Picas; Picas
• Categoria: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica