A world of songs : selected poems, 1894-1921 / L.M. Montgomery ; edited by Benjamin Lefebvre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942, author.

Contributor:

Lefebvre, Benjamin, editor.

Series:

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942. L.M. Montgomery library ; 2.

The L.M. Montgomery library ; 2

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942.

Montgomery, L. M.

Canadian poetry--21st century.

Canadian poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xix, 140 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Although L.M. Montgomery (1874-1942) is celebrated as a novelist, made famous by her novel Anne of Green Gables and its sequels, it is less known that she also published hundreds of poems over a period of half a century. Although this output included a chapbook and a full-length collection in which she presented herself primarily as a nature poet, most of her poems appeared in periodicals, including women's magazines, farm papers, faith-based periodicals, daily and weekly newspapers, and magazines for children. As a shrewd businesswoman, she learned to find the balance between literary quality and commercial salability, even though poetry paid far less than short fiction. A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894-1921, the second volume in The L.M. Montgomery Library, gathers a selection of fifty poems originally published across a twenty-five-year period. Leading Montgomery scholar Benjamin Lefebvre organizes this work within the context of Montgomery's life and career, claiming Montgomery not only as a nature poet but also as the author of a wider range of "songs": of place, of memory, of lamentation, of war, of land and sea, of death, and of love. Many of these poems echo motifs that readers of Montgomery's novels will recognize, and many more explore surprising perspectives through the use of male speakers. These poems offer today's readers a new facet of the career of Canada's most enduringly popular author."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Gable Window p. 5

The Poet's Thought p. 9

Songs Of Place

In Lovers' Lane p. 13

The Fir Lane p. 15

In an Old Garden p. 17

The Old Home Calls p. 19

The Exile p. 20

The Summons p. 21

Songs Of Memory

Three Days p. 25

Companioned p. 26

Do You Remember? p. 27

Memory Pictures p. 28

The Singer p. 31

Songs Of Lamentation

Irrevocable p. 35

I Would Be Well p. 36

Night Watches p. 38

If I Had Known p. 40

Longing p. 42

The Mother p. 43

Songs Of War

The Last Prayer p. 47

The Three Songs p. 49

We Who Wait p. 51

Our Women p. 52

One of the Shepherds p. 55

Songs Of Land And Sea

When the Fishing Boats Go Out p. 61

When the Fishing Boats Come In p. 62

Rain in the Woods p. 64

My Pictures p. 65

The Wind in the Poplars p. 66

The Sea-Shell p. 68

Before Storm p. 69

A Shore Picture p. 70

The Sea to the Shore p. 71

Songs Of Death

Too Late p. 75

I Have Buried My Dead p. 77

Omega p. 79

An Old Man's Grave p. 81

The Treasures p. 82

Songs Of Love

If Love Should Come p. 85

Assurance p. 86

The Gray Silk Gown p. 87

On the Bridge p. 89

Gratitude p. 90

With Tears They Buried You To-day p. 91

Forever p. 93

To One Hated p. 94

The Lover's Catechism p. 95

The Poet p. 99

What I Would Ask of Life p. 103.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1487523696

9781487523695

9781487505097

1487505094

OCLC:

1057648389