Langbeschreibung
Number nine in our series of Essential Poets, this newly selected, essential collection of Tom Marshall's poetry, co-edited by his friends David Helwig and Michael Ondaatje, pushes Marshall to his rightful place in the Canadian canon. Tom Marshall lived in Kingston for most of his adult life. During his short lifetime he made a substantial contribution to Canadian literature and culture, with ten published collections of poetry, four of critical essays and seven of fiction.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
7 ForewordThe Silences of Fire (1969)11 The park is more like a wood 14 Autobiographies 15 Astrology 16 Speedboat 18 Derangement 19 Notes from a London Diary 21 Words in Exile 24 Interior Monologue #666 25 Coda: Macdonald ParkMagic Water (1971)26 Politics 28 from Islands 29 Strictly Personal 30 The ReturnThe Earthbook (1974)31 Qualifications 32 Other Qualifications 33 Legend 34 Second Legend 35 The Friends 36 The LambDance of the Particles (1984)39 Approaching 38 40 Christmas Travel Poem 41 Summer of Seventy-Seven 42 Field SyllabicsGhost Safari (1991)44 Dream Sequence 46 Daedelus, Icarus 49 "We are dying ..."Some Impossible Heaven of the Senses (1994)50 Flight 51 To Whom It May Concern 52 Wave Movements 54 The Mother 56 Words for HSKM 57 Voyages No Way 58 Sonnets of Scorpio 59 ( )60 About Tom Marshall63 A Bibliography