Robert Kroetsch : essays on his works / edited by Nicole Markotić.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Markotić, Nicole, editor.

Series:

Writers series (Toronto, Ont.) ; 46.

Essential writers series ; 46

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:

ix, 274 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; Lancaster (U.K.) : Guernica Editions, 2017.

Summary:

These essays span the period of Kroetsch's writing. Included are previously published and new essays that cover (some of) his novels, (some of) his poetry, and even (some of) his critical writing. The contributors include writers who knew Kroetsch well and those who only met him on the page; critics at the beginning of their careers and those well established in the Canadian literary field; men and women, writers and poets and critics and damn fine thinkers. The contributors featured are: Robert Archambeau, Catherine Bates, George Bowering, Jenna Butler, Pauline Butling, Dennis Cooley, Tom Dilworth, Nathan Dueck, Jasmine Elliott, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jon R. Flieger, Jay Gamble, Gary Geddes, Susan Holbrook, Christine Jackman, Brian Jansen, Wiktor Kulinski, Michael Laverty, John Lent, Ann Mandel, Nicole Markotic, John Matias, Roy Miki, John Moss, Brianne O'Grady, Jeff Pardy, and Aritha van Herk. Book jacket.

Contents:

Robert Kroetsch: Giving Alberta the Slip / Nicole Markotic Markotic, Nicole 1

Uninventing Structures: Cultural Criticism and the Novels of Robert Kroetsch / Ann Mandel Mandel, Ann 27

"Does the city give us the poems? Or do the poems give us the city?": Robert Kroetsch's Spatial Assemblages / Ryan Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, Ryan 57

Stone Hammer Narrative George Bowering 77

What the Crow Said: A Topos of Excess / Christine Jackman Jackman, Christine 97

"The Shape of All Nothingness": Narrative Negativity In "I Wanted to Write a Manifesto" / Jay Gamble Gamble, Jay 115

Unbodying the Bawdy in Robert Kroetsch / Jenna Butler Butler, Jenna 129

Autobiography as Decoy in The Puppeteer / Catherine Bates Bates, Catherine 147

A "Flight" of Lemons

Even Stevens: Kroetsch Takes a Peek at the Blackbird / Dennis Cooley Cooley, Dennis 163

Drafts of Kroetsch's "Sketches of a Lemon" / Nathan Dueck Dueck, Nathan 166

A Sketch of "Sketches of a Lemon" / Robert Archambeau Archambeau, Robert 169

What do you give an injured lemon" / Jon R. Flieger Flieger, Jon R. 172

Lines on biting into Kroetsch's lemon. Again. / Aritha van Herk Herk, Aritha van 176

You Don't Say: Voice in "Sketches of a Lemon" / John Lent Lent, John 181

A Rum Analysis / Gary Geddes Geddes, Gary 186

Sketch of a Plurivalent Lemon / John Moss Moss, John 188

From The Missing Book of Cucumbers / Nicole Markotic Markotic, Nicole 190

Sweet and sour / Pauline Butiing Butiing, Pauline 191

Riffs on RK's Lemon Poem / Roy Miki Miki, Roy 193

The Unstill Life of Kroetsch's Lemon / Susan Holbrook Holbrook, Susan 195

How Do You Interview a Poet? A Conversation with Robert Kroetsch / Tom Dilworth Dilworth, Tom, Jasmins Elliott Elliott, Jasmins, Susan Holbrook Holbrook, Susan, Brian Jansen Jansen, Brian, Wiktor Kulinskl Kulinskl, Wiktor, Michael Laverty Laverty, Michael, John Matias Matias, John, Brianne O'Grady O'Grady, Brianne, Jeff Pardy Pardy, Jeff 205

Robert Kroetsch: A Brief Literary Biography / Nicole Markotic Markotic, Nicole 223

Robert Kroetsch: Selected Bibliography (Primary Sources) 231

Robert Kroetsch: Selected Bibliography (Secondary Sources) 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-264).

ISBN:

9781771831710

1771831715

OCLC:

960987412