Children of the Outer Dark The Poetry of Christopher Dewdney
| Author/creator | Jirgens, Karl E. Editor |
| Other author | Dewdney, Christopher 1951- Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press North York : University of Toronto Press [Distributor] |
| Description | 82 p. 09.000 x 06.080 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Laurier Poetry Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation A four-time Governor General's-award nominee for both poetry and non-fiction, Christopher Dewdney is celebrated internationally as a writer and a visionary and is best known for his particular imagining of place and memory. Beginning with Paleozoic fossil formations in south-western Ontario and moving through eons of natural history to cityscapes and the digital present, Dewdney's poetics encapsulate often surreal experiences from radical and epiphenomenal perspectives. His writing vibrates in a standing wave between science and art, reason and myth -- embedding geology, neurophysiology, linguistics, and post-digital technology within a play of transitory viewpoints. "Children of the Further Dark" provides a geological survey of Dewdney's poetic strata. The poems selected, along with their order of presentation, serve a critical function to mine diverse layers of development in Dewdney's career. This collection will reward all those who seek inspiration and will provide teachers, students, and other writers with a short natural history of one of Canada's essential poetic minds. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780889205154 |
| ISBN | 0889205159 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780889205154 |
| Stock number | 00200625 |