E.J. Pratt

E.J. Pratt (1882-1964) is generally recognized as the leading Canadian poet of his generation. Moreover, as Marshall McLuhan observed in 1958, Pratt was, in his personal and social life, ''a one-man creator of a climate for the arts and letters in Canada.''
The Truant Years covers the first forty-five years of a full and eventful life. It provides an intimate account of life in the Newfoundland out...