The Last Canadian Poet
In The Last Canadian Poet Sam Solecki offers the first book-length study of the entire body of work of Al Purdy. The book grew out of Solecki''s work as editor of The Canadian Forum (1979-82), and his growing sense that, despite being one of Canada''s major poets, Purdy has been ignored by critics and academics. This book takes into account not only Purdy''s more than forty published books, but al...
In The Last Canadian Poet Sam Solecki offers the first book-length study of the entire body of work of Al Purdy. The book grew out of Solecki''s work as editor of The Canadian Forum (1979-82), and his growing sense that, despite being one of Canada''s major poets, Purdy has been ignored by critics and academics. This book takes into account not only Purdy''s more than forty published books, but al...
