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Republic of Solitude

by (author) Richard Greene

Publisher
Breakwater Books Ltd.
Initial publish date
Mar 1994
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550811148
    Publish Date
    Mar 1994
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

Richard Greene's poetry examines a wide range of sujects: politics, spirituality, marriage, fatherhood, landscapes, the environment, Newfoundland culture, war, mortality, and the afterlife. His poetry has been widely admired for its unusual combination of technical competence and visionary intensity. One of the main conce s of this volume is the political and religious implications of a profound sense of place.

About the author

Richard Greeneteaches Creative Writing and British Literature at the University of Toronto. His most recent biography Edith Sitwell: Avant-garde Poet, English Genius (2011) was widely acclaimed, and he has published three collections of poetry, including Boxing the Compass (2010), which won the Governer General's Award for Poetry. He lives in Cobourg, Ontario.

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