Stephen Scobie: 3 books

Book cover of At the limit of breath

At the limit of breath

Poems on the films of Jean-Luc Godard

by Stephen Scobie
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

"I wanted this to be a narrative. So finally Jean-Luc went all the way: every line in the script a quotation from somewhere else. Every blessed line. Love doesn't die. It's people who die. Love just goes away." -from "NOUVELLE VAGUE / New Wave (1990)" Stephen Scobie celebrates...
Book cover of bpNichol

bpNichol

What History Teaches

by Stephen Scobie
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014

Scobie illuminates bpNichol’s relationship to Dadaism, contemporary French literary theory and the writing of Gertrude Stein, and argues strongly for Nichol’s importance as a writer of fiction. Other titles in The New Canadian Criticism Series: ABC of Reading the TRG Timothy...
Book cover of The Measure of Paris
by Stephen Scobie
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012

Paris remains one of the most fascinating cities in the world. It provides a measure of excellence in many areas of culture, and it is itself constantly being measured, both by its lovers and by its critics. This book presents a series of studies on the images of Paris presented by writers (mostly...
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