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Literary Criticism General

Invocations

The Poetry and Prose of Gwendolyn MacEwen

by (author) Jan Bartley

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1983
Category
General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774845090
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774801775
    Publish Date
    Jan 1983
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

Invocations offers a new critical reading of Gwendolyn MacEwen's poetry and prose. It begins with a review of critical assessments of her work which reveals that, while fascinated with MacEwen's mythic sensibility, critics are concerned with the elusive, complex nature of her language and vision as rooted in sources often obscure to the reader. In this book, poet-critic Jan Bartley places MacEwen within the tradition of Canadian literature and examines her major sources -- notably the study of alchemy and Jungian philosophy -- to reveal the inner logic of her poetic explorations.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Jan Bartley is an instructor in creative writing and in the humanities at York University.

Editorial Reviews

Directs the reader to a deeper participation in MacEwen's poetry and her prose.

Books in Canada

An elegant synthesis of the criticism that has accumulated over the years.

The University of Toronto Quarterly