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| Title: | Last Effort of Dreams
: Essays on the Poetry of Pier Giorgio Di Cicco |
| Author: | Francesco Loriggio (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1554580196 : 9781554580194 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 207 |
| Weight: | .48 Kg. |
| Published: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press - September 2007 |
| List Price: | 38.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: general: Canada |
When Pier Giorgio Di Cicco first appeared on the Canadian literary scene in the early 198os, he was immediately recognized as one of the most compelling voices of his generation. This is the first critical collection on Pier Giorgio Di Cicco and traces the steps of his career from different perspectives. The contributors, fellow poets and aca-demics alike, ponder Di Cicco's poetry in diverse ways: through remin-iscence, by taking stock, and by focusing on individual texts and specific themes. What emerges is an intriguing composite picture of Di Cicco's complex and unique identikit. The volume includes both scholarly analy-sis and testimonials by individuals who lived the literary history of which Di Cicco is a part. The inclusion of a bibliography of Di Cicco's publi-cations and of those about him makes this book a valuable tool for anyone approaching his works for the first time and anyone interested in contem-porary North American minority literatures or contemporary Canadian literature.
Introduction; Living Inside the Poem; We Sat on the Demoted Steps of Heaven: Some Memories of Pier Giorgio Di Cicco; Di Cicco's Paradise; The Heart's Resources: Gift Paths in Pier Giorgio Di Cicco's Poetry; Flying Deeper into the Century: Quick Takes; Virgin Science: The Hunt for Holistic Paradigms: An Interview with Pier Giorgio Di Cicco; Reading Virgin Science; Di Cicco's Elusive Virgin: Hunting the Universal Feminine; Philosophy and Music in the Art of a Poet; Basic Stuff: Religion and Modernity in Di Cicco's Later Work; Works By and About Di Cicco: A Bibliography; Index.
