The Resource The ivory thought : essays on Al Purdy, edited by Gerald Lynch, Shoshannah Ganz, and Josephene T.M. Kealey
The ivory thought : essays on Al Purdy, edited by Gerald Lynch, Shoshannah Ganz, and Josephene T.M. Kealey
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- Summary
- If one poet can be said to be the Canadian poet, that poet is Al Purdy (1918-2000). Numerous eminent scholars and writers have attested to this pre-eminent status. George Bowering described him as "the world's most Canadian poet" (1970), while Sam Solecki titled his book-length study of Purdy The Last Canadian Poet (1999). In The Ivory Thought: Essays on Al Purdy, a group of seventeen scholars, critics, writers, and educators appraise and reappraise Purdy's contribution to English literature. They explore Purdy's continuing significance to contemporary writers; the life he dedicated to literat
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (265 pages).
- Contents
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- Reference Key; Introduction; Ingredients for Certain Poems by Al Purdy; Materials for a Biography of Al Purdy; Unremembered and Learning Much: LAC Alfred W. Purdy; Al Purdy: Ivory Thots and the Last Romantic; Purdy among the Tombs; Beyond Forgetting: Editing Purdy] Purdy Editing; 'I couldn't write it like that anyway': Al Purdy's Hiroshima Poems; Purdy's Ruins: In Search of Owen Roblin, Literary Power, and the Poetics of the Picturesque; Arctic Al: Purdy's Humanist Vision of the North; Good People; 'Living in a Land of Giants': Locating and Sustaining Boyhood
- Isbn
- 9780776617572
- Label
- The ivory thought : essays on Al Purdy
- Title
- The ivory thought
- Title remainder
- essays on Al Purdy
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Gerald Lynch, Shoshannah Ganz, and Josephene T.M. Kealey
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- If one poet can be said to be the Canadian poet, that poet is Al Purdy (1918-2000). Numerous eminent scholars and writers have attested to this pre-eminent status. George Bowering described him as "the world's most Canadian poet" (1970), while Sam Solecki titled his book-length study of Purdy The Last Canadian Poet (1999). In The Ivory Thought: Essays on Al Purdy, a group of seventeen scholars, critics, writers, and educators appraise and reappraise Purdy's contribution to English literature. They explore Purdy's continuing significance to contemporary writers; the life he dedicated to literat
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- Cataloging source
- OCLCE
- Dewey number
- C811/.54
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR9199.3.P8
- LC item number
- Z69 2008
- Literary form
- essays
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1953-
- 1976-
- 1980-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Lynch, Gerald
- Ganz, Shoshannah
- Kealey, Josephene T. M.
- Series statement
- Reappraisals, Canadian writers,
- Series volume
- 32
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Purdy, Al
- Purdy, Al
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Label
- The ivory thought : essays on Al Purdy, edited by Gerald Lynch, Shoshannah Ganz, and Josephene T.M. Kealey
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Contents
- Reference Key; Introduction; Ingredients for Certain Poems by Al Purdy; Materials for a Biography of Al Purdy; Unremembered and Learning Much: LAC Alfred W. Purdy; Al Purdy: Ivory Thots and the Last Romantic; Purdy among the Tombs; Beyond Forgetting: Editing Purdy] Purdy Editing; 'I couldn't write it like that anyway': Al Purdy's Hiroshima Poems; Purdy's Ruins: In Search of Owen Roblin, Literary Power, and the Poetics of the Picturesque; Arctic Al: Purdy's Humanist Vision of the North; Good People; 'Living in a Land of Giants': Locating and Sustaining Boyhood
- Control code
- 607764835
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (265 pages).
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- one file format
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- online
- Isbn
- 9780776617572
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- c
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- 22573/ctt1ckkstm
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)607764835
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- The ivory thought : essays on Al Purdy, edited by Gerald Lynch, Shoshannah Ganz, and Josephene T.M. Kealey
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Reference Key; Introduction; Ingredients for Certain Poems by Al Purdy; Materials for a Biography of Al Purdy; Unremembered and Learning Much: LAC Alfred W. Purdy; Al Purdy: Ivory Thots and the Last Romantic; Purdy among the Tombs; Beyond Forgetting: Editing Purdy] Purdy Editing; 'I couldn't write it like that anyway': Al Purdy's Hiroshima Poems; Purdy's Ruins: In Search of Owen Roblin, Literary Power, and the Poetics of the Picturesque; Arctic Al: Purdy's Humanist Vision of the North; Good People; 'Living in a Land of Giants': Locating and Sustaining Boyhood
- Control code
- 607764835
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (265 pages).
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780776617572
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1ckkstm
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)607764835
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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