Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy
Language: English
Published by Harbour Publishing, 2001
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Second printing, 2001. Blue cloth boards, silver title and attributions to spine. Minimal external wear. Light wrinkling to crown and heel. Blue pastedowns and endpapers. Black and white frontispiece. Selected and edited by Al Purdy and Sam Solecki. Forewords by Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje. Preface by Al Purdy. Black and white photo for each section (organized by decades). 606pp. One dog-eared lower page corner now straightened. Complete jacket has light handling wear to surfaces, rubbing to front upper corner, light wear to edges and crown, small tear to heel. Octavo.
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- Title
- Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy
- Author
- Purdy, Al
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1550172255
- ISBN 13
- 9781550172256
- Item weight
- 1,066 grams
- Dimensions
- 16.76 centimeters width by 24.05 centimeters height by 4.85 centimeters depth
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- Poetry
The Collected Poems, edited by Purdy critic Sam Solecki with the full participation of the author, for the first time brings all of Purdy's poetic writings together in one volume, including all his later books, work previously uncollected from earlier periods as well as several excellent new poems he completed in the months before his death. It is, as he said, everything he wished to be remembered for.
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About the Author
The Canadian League of Poets has declared a
National Al Purdy Day!
Al Purdy was born December 30, 1918, in Wooler, Ontario and died at Sidney, BC, April 21, 2000. Raised in Trenton, Ontario, he lived throughout Canada as he developed his reputation as one of Canada's greatest writers. His collections included two winners of the Governor General's Award, Cariboo Horses (1965) and Collected Poems (1986)
and other classics such as Poems for All the Annettes, In Search of Owen Roblin and Piling Blood. Later in life, he travelled widely with his wife Eurithe and settled in Ameliasburg, Ontario and Sidney, BC. In addition to his thirty-three books of poetry, he published a novel, an autobiography and nine collections of essays and correspondence. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1983 and the Order of Ontario in 1987. His ashes are buried in Ameliasburg at the end of Purdy Lane.
Sam Solecki is a professor of English at the University of Toronto and a former editor of The Canadian Forum.He is also editor of Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy, Starting from Ameliasburgh: The Collected Prose of Al Purdy and Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems 1962-1996. His most recent books are Ragas of Longing: The Poetry of Michael Ondaatje and The Last Canadian Poet: An Essay on Al Purdy.
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than thirty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her novels include The Edible Woman, Surfacing, The Handmaid's Tale, Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace and the winner of the Booker Prize, The Blind Assassin. Her work is acclaimed internationally and has been translated into thirty-three languages. She is the recipient of many literary awards and honours from various countries, including Britain, Italy, France, Sweden, and Norway, as well as Canada and the United States. Margaret Atwood lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.
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