"Dennis Lee is one of Canada’s most celebrated poets. This long-awaited Selected shows why. Here are definitive new versions of his classic longer works: Civil Elegies, The Death of Harold Ladoo, Riffs. Plus a gathering of notable shorter poems, such as “The Gods” and “Coming Becomes You.” The range is exhilarating, from austere meditation to pure yearning, rage, delight. There is also a gorgeous new sequence, “Nightwatch.” These midlife rants and psalms explore the deep deprivations of our era, in music that moves from the playful to the sublime."--back of cover.
Record details
ISBN:0771052154
ISBN:9780771052156
Physical Description:204 p. ; 22 cm. print
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Civil elegies (1968, 1972) -- The death of Harold Ladoo (1976, 1979) -- Not abstract harmonies but (1972-1996) -- Riffs (1982, 1993) -- Nightwatch (1996)
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