The home place : essays on Robert Kroetsch's poetry / Dennis Cooley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooley, Dennis, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kroetsch, Robert, 1927-2011--Criticism and interpretation.

Kroetsch, Robert.

Kroetsch, Robert, 1927-2011.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 361 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2016.

Summary:

Robert Kroetsch, one of Canada's most important writers, was a fierce regionalist with a porous yet resilient sense of "home." Although his criticism and fiction have received extensive attention, his poetry remains underexplored. This exuberantly polyvocal text by dennis cooley - who knew Kroetsch and worked with him for decades - seeks to correct this imbalance. This work offers a dazzling, playful, and intellectually complex conversation that draws together personal recollections, Kroetsch's archival materials, and the international body of Kroetsch scholarship. For literary scholars and anyone who appreciates Canadian literature, this work will represent the standard critical evaluation of Kroetsch's poetry for years to come.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Getting there: the long road home

Or so it has been alleged: the ledger

Hearing voices: seed catalogue

What it was: seed catalogue

It's a lover's question: staging romance in The Sad Phoenician

Noted and quoted: Kroetsch in conversation and at the podium

Notes

Bibliography

Permissions

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Cooley, Dennis, 1944-, author. Home place.

ISBN:

9781772121193

1772121193

OCLC:

919683217