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Poetry Canadian

Ribstones

by (author) George Melnyk

Publisher
Ekstasis Editions
Initial publish date
Sep 1996
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896860008
    Publish Date
    Sep 1996
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

In Ribstones history is mud and bone. The poems represent a quest for the spirit of the forgotten ones of history and prehistory, their paths traced in grass bent by the wind and in the unseen stones underfoot.

About the author

George Melnyk is an associate professor of Canadian studies and film studies in the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary. He is a cultural historian who specializes in Canadian cinema. Among his film publications are One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema (2004) and Great Canadian Film Directors (2007). Most recently he has published The Young, the Restless, and the Dead: Interviews with Canadian Filmmakers (2008) in the Film and Media Studies series at WLU Press.

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