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Poetry Canadian

Dip & Veer

Reflections on the Art of Alex Colville

by (author) Frank Ledwell

Publisher
Acorn Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1996
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780969860624
    Publish Date
    Jan 1996
    List Price
    $14.95

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Description

Although Alex Colville is by no means an abstractionist, his art tends to be so technically perfect and aesthetically distanced that it strikes the poet as leaving as much room for the viewer's imagination as does that of the abstract painter. That is why Ledwell is so grateful to Colville's art for inspiring, challenging, and freeing up his participating poetic imagination, thus enabling this collection.

About the author

Frank Ledwell is professor emeritus of English at the University of Prince Edward Island and one of the Island’s foremost poets and storytellers

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