Author: Eli MacLaren
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228004829
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books were a landmark achievement in Canadian poetry. Edited by Lorne Pierce, the series lasted for thirty-seven years (1925-62) and comprised two hundred titles by writers from Newfoundland to British Columbia, over half of whom were women. By examining this editorial feat, Little Resilience offers a new history of Canadian poetry in the twentieth century. Eli MacLaren analyzes the formation of the series in the wake of the First World War, at a time when small presses had proliferated across the United States. Pierce's emulation of them produced a series that contributed to the historic shift in the meaning of the term "chapbook" from an antique of folk culture to a brief collection of original poetry. By retreating to the smallest of forms, Pierce managed to work against the dominant industry pattern of the day - agency publishing, or the distribution of foreign editions. Original case studies of canonical and forgotten writers push through the period's defining polarity (modernism versus romanticism) to create complex portraits of the author during the Depression, the Second World War, and the 1950s. The stories of five Ryerson poets - Nathaniel A. Benson, Anne Marriott, M. Eugenie Perry, Dorothy Livesay, and Al Purdy - reveal poetry in Canada to have been a widespread vocation and a poor one, as fragile as it was irrepressible. The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books were an unprecedented initiative to publish Canadian poetry. Little Resilience evaluates the opportunities that the series opened for Canadian poets and the sacrifices that it demanded of them.
Little Resilience
Author: Eli MacLaren
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228004829
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books were a landmark achievement in Canadian poetry. Edited by Lorne Pierce, the series lasted for thirty-seven years (1925-62) and comprised two hundred titles by writers from Newfoundland to British Columbia, over half of whom were women. By examining this editorial feat, Little Resilience offers a new history of Canadian poetry in the twentieth century. Eli MacLaren analyzes the formation of the series in the wake of the First World War, at a time when small presses had proliferated across the United States. Pierce's emulation of them produced a series that contributed to the historic shift in the meaning of the term "chapbook" from an antique of folk culture to a brief collection of original poetry. By retreating to the smallest of forms, Pierce managed to work against the dominant industry pattern of the day - agency publishing, or the distribution of foreign editions. Original case studies of canonical and forgotten writers push through the period's defining polarity (modernism versus romanticism) to create complex portraits of the author during the Depression, the Second World War, and the 1950s. The stories of five Ryerson poets - Nathaniel A. Benson, Anne Marriott, M. Eugenie Perry, Dorothy Livesay, and Al Purdy - reveal poetry in Canada to have been a widespread vocation and a poor one, as fragile as it was irrepressible. The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books were an unprecedented initiative to publish Canadian poetry. Little Resilience evaluates the opportunities that the series opened for Canadian poets and the sacrifices that it demanded of them.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228004829
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books were a landmark achievement in Canadian poetry. Edited by Lorne Pierce, the series lasted for thirty-seven years (1925-62) and comprised two hundred titles by writers from Newfoundland to British Columbia, over half of whom were women. By examining this editorial feat, Little Resilience offers a new history of Canadian poetry in the twentieth century. Eli MacLaren analyzes the formation of the series in the wake of the First World War, at a time when small presses had proliferated across the United States. Pierce's emulation of them produced a series that contributed to the historic shift in the meaning of the term "chapbook" from an antique of folk culture to a brief collection of original poetry. By retreating to the smallest of forms, Pierce managed to work against the dominant industry pattern of the day - agency publishing, or the distribution of foreign editions. Original case studies of canonical and forgotten writers push through the period's defining polarity (modernism versus romanticism) to create complex portraits of the author during the Depression, the Second World War, and the 1950s. The stories of five Ryerson poets - Nathaniel A. Benson, Anne Marriott, M. Eugenie Perry, Dorothy Livesay, and Al Purdy - reveal poetry in Canada to have been a widespread vocation and a poor one, as fragile as it was irrepressible. The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books were an unprecedented initiative to publish Canadian poetry. Little Resilience evaluates the opportunities that the series opened for Canadian poets and the sacrifices that it demanded of them.
The Library of John Quinn ...
Author: John Quinn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Bliss Carman
Author: Gerald Lynch
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776602861
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
The tarnished reputation of this turn-of-the-century poet is persuasively burnished anew by fifteen scholars, editors, and poets. Published in English.
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776602861
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
The tarnished reputation of this turn-of-the-century poet is persuasively burnished anew by fifteen scholars, editors, and poets. Published in English.
Bulletin of Bibliography and Dramatic Index
A Catalogue of Canadian Manuscripts Collected by Lorne Pierce and Presented to Queen's University
Author: Douglas Library
Publisher:
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Category : Canadian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canadian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Sale
Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1670
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1670
Book Description
American First Editions
Author: Merle Johnson
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Literary World
Bibliography of American Literature: George W. Cable to Timothy Dwight
Author: Jacob Blanck
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1876-1949: Non-Dewey decimal classified titles
Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2200
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