Ragas of longing : the poetry of Michael Ondaatje / Sam Solecki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solecki, Sam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ondaatje, Michael, 1943---Poetic works.

Ondaatje, Michael.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In Ragas of Longing, Sam Solecki offers the first book-length study of Michael Ondaatje's poetry and its place within his overall body of work. Relating the poetry to various poetic traditions from classical Tamil to postmodern, Solecki presents a chronological critical reading of Ondaatje's six volumes of poems. Among the study's concerns are the relationship between the poet's life and work, his poetic debts and development, his theory of poetry, and his central themes. It also includes close readings of Ondaatje's monographs on Leonard Cohen and Edwin Muir, the Scots poet and critic."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: 'the slight silver key'

The dainty monsters: poetry of myth and evasion

Covers

The man with seven toes: point blank

Titles

Rat jelly: 'right to the end of an experience'

Epigraphs

There's a trick with a knife I'm learning to do: transition

Canon I

Secular love: it runs in the family

Canon II

Handwriting: the poetry of return

Last word: Ondaatje on poetry.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-7898-4

1-282-02342-X

9786612023422

OCLC:

288097469