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The Panic Field

Prose Poems

by (author) Douglas Lochhead

Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
Initial publish date
Jan 1984
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780864920218
    Publish Date
    Jan 1984
    List Price
    $7.95

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Out of print

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Description

In the opening title sequence of The Panic Field, Lochhead explores the "ways of men, caught up in the sprawling net of the army, during war": "In a Winter Apartment," which follows, is an extended love poem; the collection ends with a series of reflective prose poems.

About the author

In the spring of 2001, Douglas Lochhead received the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in English-language Literary Arts from the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Member of the Order of Canada, the recipient of honorary doctorates from several universities, Professor Emeritus at Mount Allison University, Senior Fellow and Founding Librarian at Massey College, University of Toronto, and a life member of the League of Canadian Poets. After beginning his career as an advertising copywriter, he became a librarian, a professor of English, a specialist in typography and fine hand printing, and a bibliographer, scholar, and editor — indeed, he has characterized himself as “an unrepentant generalist.” At Mount Allison University, he was a founder and the director of the Centre for Canadian Studies, and he held the Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Chair in Canadian Studies.

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