The Ivory Thought: Essays on Al Purdy

by Gerald Lynch

If one poet can be said to be the Canadian poet, that poet is Al Purdy (1918-2000).

Numerous eminent scholars and writers have attested to this pre-eminent status. George Bowering described him as "the world's most Canadian poet" (1970), while Sam Solecki titled his book-length study of Purdy The Last Canadian Poet (1999). In The Ivory Thought: Essays on Al Purdy, a group of seventeen scholars, critics, writers, and educators appraise and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0776606654
• ISBN13: 9780776606651
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"