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Title:Al Purdy : Essays on His Works
Series:(Writers Series)
Author:Linda Rogers (ed)
ISBN:1550711628 : 9781550711622
Format:Paperback
Size:105x175mm
Pages:164
Weight: .138 Kg.
Published:Guernica Editions - July 2002
List Price: 5.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Essays; journals; letters & other prose works


Al Purdy struggled initially as a poet, yet persevered and thrived along with his burgeoning Canadian culture. This collection of essays mixes literary appreciation with qualification, portraying Purdy's growth as an artist-which so paralleled that of his nation, along with his self-absorption and that of his country as they gazed at themselves in the mirror of the 20th century. The poet's candour and the sweeping canvas of his Canada are inspiring.