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Poetry Canadian

A Gloss on Our Painted Gods

by (author) Eric Barstad

Publisher
Frontenac House Ltd.
Initial publish date
Apr 2003
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780973238013
    Publish Date
    Apr 2003
    List Price
    $14.95

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Description

A Gloss on Our Painted Gods is concerned with the idea of translation: of poetry as translation, as a way of reinventing, retelling, transforming, and understanding the world around us, our mythologies, our notions of the self and the other. A tightly crafted first book, it explores and responds to the cultural artifacts of Western history: Greek and Roman texts, Renaissance paintings, and early 20th-century European poetry.

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Contributor Notes

Eric Barstad currently lives with his partner Erin and their two cats — Finnegan and Pickles — in Brooks, Alberta. Eric completed his MA in English and Creative Writing at the University of New Brunswick in 2001 and now runs Shadow Box Creative Media, a web development company that builds websites for non-profit organizations. Eric published A Gloss on Our Painted Gods with Frontenac House in 2003.