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Pasolini
The Sacred Flesh
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Poet, novelist, dramatist, polemicist, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini continues to be one of the most influential intellectuals of post-war Italy. In Pasolini: The Sacred Flesh, Stefania Benini examines his corporeal vision of the sacred, focusing on his immanent interpretation of the Christian...
The World of Dante
Six Studies in Language and Thought
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1966
In celebration of the 700th anniversary of the birth of Dante in 1265 the Dante Society of Toronto invited six internationally known scholars to address its members. Believing that the greatest tribute to Dante lies in the constant acquisition of a deeper knowledge of his work, the Society prescribed...
Browning's Lyrics
An Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1974
Browning's lyrics are favourite choices for anthologies but are rarely examined closely. This is the first full-length study of the lyrics, and includes detailed analyses of such well-known poems as Love Among the Ruins, Two in the Campagna, A Serenade at the Villa, A Toccata of Galuppi's, By the...
by Joseph Howe
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1973
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1973
This volume, containing a selection of the poetry and prose of Joseph Howe, presents various aspects of a fascinating man who few Canadian know as other than the 'tribune of Nova Scotia' and a political giant of colonial times. Yet Howe was also a writer, and a good one. His intuitive grasp and pragmatic...
by George Frederick Cameron, Douglas Lochhead
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1973
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1973
A.J.M. Smith has described George Frederick Cameron as one of 'Canada's greatest poets,' who, with Isabella Valancy Crawford and Archibald Lampman, 'were cut off just when their work had reached maturity.' Cameron's poetry is rich in classical culture, and involves itself with political concerns, love and death.
The Rock Where We Stand
An Ethnography of Women's Activism in Newfoundland
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
Bay St. George in western Newfoundland is a region characterized by a boom and bust economy and shaped by the establishment of the Earnest Harmon American Airforce Base. This ethnography explores how women at the Bay St. George Women's Council deal specifically with the issues of single motherhood,...
The White Savannahs
The First Study of Canadian Poetry from a Contemporary Viewpoint
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1975
The White Savannahs, originally published in 1936, is the first study of Canadian poetry from a modern point of view. It contains essays on Archibald Lampman, Marjorie Pickthall, E.J. Pratt, Leo Kennedy, A.M. Klein, A.J.M. Smith, F.R. Scott, Marie Le Franc, and Dorothy Livesay. The contributions are...
Studies in the Eighteenth Century III
Papers presented at the Third David Nichol Smith Memorial Seminar, Canberra 1973
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1976
This volume of essays, from the Third David Nichol Smith Memorial Seminar, continues the valuable and lively tradition established in the two earlier seminars and volumes.
The essays, by distinguished international scholars, range over many of the topics that make the eighteenth century a rich...
Studies in the Eighteenth Century II
Papers presented at the Second David Nichol Smith Memorial Seminar, Canberra 1970
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1973
This volume presents an array of studies on many aspects of the eighteenth century: on the novel, history, the history of ideas, drama, poetry and sentimentality. The essays are as diverse as ‘Pope’s Essays on Man and the French Enlightenment’ and ‘Of Silk-worms and Farthingales and the Will...
The Lily and the Thistle
The French Tradition and the Older Literature of Scotland
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
In The Lily and the Thistle, William Calin argues for a reconsideration of the French impact on medieval and renaissance Scottish literature. Calin proposes that much of traditional, medieval, and early modern Scottish culture, thought to be native to Scotland or primarily from England, is in fact...
by Nelson Wiseman
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
This illuminating, entertaining, and timely volume examines the place and impact of public intellectuals in our rapidly changing and diverse society. Boasting an all-star cast of contributors – including some of Canada’s most prominent writers, journalists, and academics – it probes the role...
The Constitution in a Hall of Mirrors
Canada at 150
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Whether it’s the first-past-the-post electoral system or partisan government appointees to the Senate, Canadians want better representation and accountability from the federal government. Before reforms can be enacted, however, it is important to explore and clarify the relationships among Canada’s...
The Invisible Crown
The First Principle of Canadian Government
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
The Crown is not only Canada’s oldest continuing political institution, but also its most pervasive, affecting the operation of Parliament and the legislatures, the executive, the bureaucracy, the courts, and federalism. However, many consider the Crown to be obscure and anachronistic. David E....
Making a Global City
How One Toronto School Embraced Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Half of Toronto’s population is born outside of Canada and over 140 languages are spoken on the city's streets and in its homes. How to build community amidst such diversity is one of the global challenges that Canada – and many other western nations – has to face head on.
Making a Global...