From Room to Room : The Poetry of Eli Mandel / selected with an introduction by Peter Webb ; afterword by Andrew Stubbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mandel, Eli, Author.

Contributor:

Webb, Peter, 1968- contributor.

Stubbs, Andrew, writer of foreword.

Series:

Laurier poetry series.

Laurier Poetry Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish poetry.

Poets, Canadian.

Physical Description:

1 electronic text (xvii, 64 p.) : digital file.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The career of Eli Mandel (1922–1992) was one of the most prolific and distinguished in all of Canadian literature, yet in recent years his work has gone unsung compared with that of such peers as Margaret Atwood, Leonard Cohen, Robert Kroetsch, Irving Layton, and P.K. Page. Though he was a critic, anthologist, and editor of national prominence, Mandel’s legacy resides most securely in his poetry, which earned many accolades. From Room to Room: The Poetry of Eli Mandel presents thirty-five of Mandel’s best poems written over four decades, from the 1950s to the 1980s. The selection covers the most prominent themes in Mandel’s work, including his Russian-Jewish heritage, his Saskatchewan upbringing, his interest in classical and biblical archetypes, and his concern for the political and social issues of his time. The book also highlights the way in which Mandel’s work bridged the formal attributes of modernist poetry with contemporary, sometimes experimental, poetics. Complete with a scholarly introduction by Peter Webb and a literary afterword by Andrew Stubbs, From Room to Room makes a worthy addition to the Laurier Poetry Series, which presents affordable editions of contemporary Canadian poetry for use in the classroom and the enjoyment of anyone wishing to read some of the finest poetry Canada has to offer.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Foreword

Biographical Note

Introduction

Minotaur Poems

Estevan Saskatchewan

The Fire Place

In the Caves of My City

City Park Merry-Go-Round

Doll on the Mantelpiece

Epilogue

Mary Midnight’s Prologue

Charles Isaac Mandel

David

Hippolytus

The Meaning of the I CHING

Girl on a High Wire

Houdini

The Madness of Our Polity

The Speaking Earth

From the North Saskatchewan

Two Dream Songs for John Berryman

On the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz: Memorial Services, Toronto, January 25, 1970 YMHA Bloor & Spadina

Room XV

On the Renewal of Bombing in VietNam December, 1972

Envoi

from Out of Place

On the Murder of Salvador Allende

The Madwomen of the Plaza de Mayo

In My 57th Year

Zenith: Saving to Disk

Afterword

Acknowledgements

Books in the Laurier Poetry Series

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781299313446

1299313442

9781554583201

1554583209

OCLC:

670421206