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Animate Objects

by (author) Alan Wilson

Publisher
Turnstone Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1995
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888011923
    Publish Date
    Jan 1995
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

Alan Wilson believes that both poetry and science are in the business of seeking out the secret relations that form the skeleton of our world. Poets and scientists share a habit of probing, of looking at things from odd angles. Animate Objects is his collection of such angles.

About the author

Born and raised in Nova Scotia, ALAN WILSON earned his Ph.D in Canadian history from the University of Toronto, and taught at Acadia and Western Ontario, where he was co-Head of History. In 1965 he became
founding Chair of History and later of Canadian Studies at Trent. He specializes in social and cultural history with special reference to the Maritimes and Newfoundland.

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