The Ivory Thought

Essays on Al Purdy

de Gerald Lynch (éditeur), Shoshannah Ganz (éditeur), Josephene Kealey (éditeur)

Maison d'édition : University of Ottawa Press

février 2008

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Résumé

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 literature and the persona he crafted; the influences acting on his development as a poet; the ongoing scholarly projects of editing and publishing his writing; particular poems and individual books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction; and the larger themes in his work, such as the Canadian North and the predominant importance of place. In addition, two contemporary poets pay tribute with original poems.

Auteur

Gerald Lynch (Edité par)

Gerald Lynch has authored seven books and edited some dozen others, including three previously in the Reappraisals series. His critical studies include Stephen Leacock: Humour and Humanity (McGill-Queens University Press, 1988) and The One and the Many: Canadian Short Story Cycles (University of Toronto Press, 2001). He has published numerous short stories, essays and reviews, including a number on the writings of Munro. He is a former winner of the National Magazine gold award for short fiction, and has been teaching at the University of Ottawa since 1985.
Shoshannah Ganz (Edité par)

Shoshannah Ganz has published work on E.J. Pratt, Elizabeth Smart, Miriam Waddington, and Rachel Korn among others. She teaches English at Sir Wilfrid Grenfell College, Memorial University.
Josephene Kealey (Edité par)

Josephene Kealey is a doctoral student in English at the University of Ottawa. She is writing a thesis comparing the short story cycles of a number of Canadian and American writers.