Republic of Solitude
- Publisher
- Breakwater Books Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Mar 1994
- Category
- General
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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.