The Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen: Volume 2 (Picas Reprint Edition)
$15.95
The Later Years – Volume 2
With an introduction by Rosemary Sullivan.
Edited by Margaret Atwood and Barry Callaghan.
“Gwendolyn MacEwen’s Selected Poems traces “the bright trajectory of he early verse, followed by the astonishingly rapid development and exfoliation of her talent. In these poems her range and craft, her poetic strength and intelligence, speak for themselves. Over the years she created, in a remarkably short time, a complete and diverse poetic universe and a powerful and unique voice, by turns playful, extravagant, melancholy, daring and profound.” —Margaret Atwood
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Poetry • 4.25 x 7 inches • 150 pages • 978-1-55096-547-6
More and more, Gwendolyn MacEwen – who died in 1987 – looms up as the important poet of her generation. She was a virtuoso, her poems ranging from simple lyric statements through nostalgic comedy to deeply worrying political meditations. Her images were mesmeric.
Born in Toronto in 1941, she published eleven books of poems, translations, and poetic dramas. She was also the author of several works of fiction. She received the Governor General’s Award for poetry twice.
Margaret Atwood has written an incisive introduction. She and Barry Callaghan have edited the poetry into two volumes, The Early Years and The Later Years.
“Her poems move through dreams and mysteries. The voice is unmuffled and clear. It speaks directly and plainly to that which is the deepest part of our humanity.” —The Globe & Mail
“MacEwen is a poet of the earth in all its diversity, its humankind, its magic. A romantic poet in the sense that romance means passion and commitment to ideal.” —Poetry Canada Review
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