Scobie illuminates bp Nichol’s relationship to Dadaism, contemporary French literary theory, and the writing of Gertrude Stein, and argues strongly for Nichol’s importance as a writer of fiction.
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- Michael Ondaatje: Word, Image, Imagination
- Margaret Atwood: A Feminist Poetics
- George Bowering: Bright Circles of Colour
Circa l’autore
Stephen Scobie is a critic and a poet who won the Governor General’s Award for Poetry in 1980 and the Prix Gabrielle Roy for Canadian Criticism in 1986. A founding editor of Longspoon Press, his literary criticism includes books on bp Nichol, Leonard Cohen, Sheila Watson and Bob Dylan. His first book of poetry, Stone Poems, was published by Talonbooks in 1974. His critical work bp Nichol: What History Teaches, published in 1984 is part of the Talonbooks New Canadian Criticism Series, edited by Frank Davey. Scobie was born in Carnoustie, Scotland in 1943 and came to Canada in 1965. Formerly based in the Prairies, he now lives and teaches in Victoria, B.C.
Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 154 ● ISBN 9780889228795 ● Dimensione 1.6 MB ● Età 22-99 anni ● Casa editrice Talonbooks ● Città Vancouver ● Paese CA ● Pubblicato 2014 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5507366 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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