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The last effort of dreams : essays on the poetry of Pier Giorgio Di Cicco / Francesco Loriggio ; editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--20th century.
- English poetry.
- Di Cicco, Pier Giorgio, 1949-2019--Criticism and interpretation.
- Di Cicco, Pier Giorgio.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Essays on the poetry of Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When Pier Giorgio Di Cicco first appeared on the Canadian literary scene in the early 1980s, he was immediately recognized as one of the most compelling voices of his generation. The Last Effort of Dreams is the first critical collection on Pier Giorgio Di Cicco and traces the steps of his career from different perspectives. The contributors, fellow poets and academics alike, ponder Di Cicco's poetry in diverse ways: through reminiscence, by taking stock, and by focusing on individual texts and specific themes. What emerges is an intriguing composite picture of Di Cicco's complex an
- Contents:
- Living inside the poem / Mary di Michele
- We sat on the demoted steps of heaven : some memories of Pier Giorgio Di Cicco / Albert F. Moritz
- Di Cicco's Paradise / Dennis Lee
- The heart's resources : gift paths in Pier Giorgio Di Cicco's poetry / William Boelhower
- Flying deeper into the century : quick takes / Francesco Loriggio
- Virgin science : the hunt for holistic paradigms : an interview with Pier Giorgio Di Cicco / Robert Billings
- Reading Virgin science / William Anselmi
- Di Cicco's elusive virgin : hunting the universal feminine / Vera F. Golini
- Philosophy and music in the art of a poet / Yaroslav Senyshyn
- Basic stuff : religion and modernity in Di Cicco's later work / Francesco Loriggio
- Works by and about Di Cicco : a bibliography / Vera F. Golini.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-55458-106-0
- OCLC:
- 316272727
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