E.J. Pratt: Letters (Collected Works of E.J.Pratt)

Popham, Elizabeth A. (EDT)/ Pitt, David G. (EDT)

University of Toronto Press（2017/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 792 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781442650237
• DDC分類 811.52

Full Description

This edition of E.J. Pratt's letters is the final volume in the Collected Works series. Because of Pratt's role in the making of Canadian culture between and after the World Wars, his correspondence highlights key moments in our cultural history and provides a view of the enterprise from its very centre.

The letters take us into his "workshop," illuminating the research behind his distinctive documentary long poems and the social nature of his creative production. They also reveal the complex network of writers, critics, artists and political figures of which Pratt was a part, the evolution of the Canadian book trade from the 1920s through to the early 1960s, and the emergence of radio (and specifically, of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) as a tool for forging national identity. Pratt's correspondence both confirms the public persona of one of Canada's first literary celebrities and provides glimpses of the private character behind the mask.

Contents

Introduction

Editorial procedures

Acknowledgments

Biographical chronology

Letters

I Peregrinations: 1903-25

II A Taste of National Acclaim: 1925-32

III Prospect and Promotion: 1932-39

IV Historical Fact and Epic Construction: 1939-44

V Steering between Extremes: 1944-48

VI Knockings at the Door: 1948-53

VII Accepting the Years: 1953-55

VIII As Good as Any Old Horse My Age: 1955-64



Appendix : Some Letters by Viola Pratt

Abbreviations

Textual notes

Index