From Cohen to Carson: The Poet’s Novel in Canada

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Title
From Cohen to Carson: The Poet’s Novel in Canada
Abstract
The author argues that Canadian poets have turned to the novel because of the limitations of the lyric, but have used lyric methods – puns, symbolism, repetition, juxtaposition – to create a mode of narrative that contrasts sharply with the descriptive conventions of realist and plot-driven novels. Includes detailed case studies of works by Montreal poets Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), author of the novels The Favorite Game (1963) and Beautiful Losers (1966) and A.M. Klein (1909-1972), author of The Second Scroll (1951).
Place
Montreal and Kingston
Publisher
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Date
2008
# of Pages
388p.
Language
en
ISBN
0-7735-3276-5
Citation
Rae, Ian. From Cohen to Carson: The Poet’s Novel in Canada. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008.
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