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Blues singer, preacher, cultural critic, exile, Africadian, high modernist, spoken word artist, Canadian poet—these are but some of the voices of George Elliott Clarke. In a selection of Clarke’s best work from his early poetry to his most recent, Blues and Bliss: The...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2011-04-07
Collection :
Laurier Poetry
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The Arms of the Infinite takes the reader inside the minds of author Christopher Barker’s parents, writer Elizabeth Smart (By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept) and poet George Barker. From their first fateful meeting and subsequent elopement, Barker candidly...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2010-11-15
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What can we learn about authorship through a reading of a writer’s archive? Collections of authors’ manuscripts and correspondence have traditionally been used in ways that further illuminate the published text. JoAnn McCaig sets out to show how archival materials can...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2009-10-21
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Adele Wiseman was a seminal figure in Canadian letters. Always independent and wilful, she charted her own literary career, based on her unfailing belief in her artistic vision. In The Force of Vocation, the first book on Wiseman's writing life, Ruth Panofsky presents...
Editeur :
University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2006-04-15
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An accurate and comprehensive study of the political aspects of Fielding's art has been sorely needed. As a result of decades of work by literary scholars and a series of great historians, such a study is finally possible. This volume addresses that need, and, in the...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2006-01-01
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The books of Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy are among the most beloved in Canadian literature. In 1976, when both were at the height of their careers, they began a seven-year written correspondence. Laurence had just published her widely acclaimedThe Diviners, for...
Editeur :
University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2004-12-02
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Bruno Jasienski was a bilingual Polish-Russian writer who died in exile in Siberia in 1939. This volume traces his literary evolution. The introductory biographical sketch is followed by a discussion of Jasienski's contribution to Polish poetry, specifically the...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
1983-01-06
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