Alden Nowlan
Subtitle: essays on his works
By: edited by Gregory M. Cook.
Contributors: Cook, Gregory M.; Nowlan, Alden.; Metcalf, John, 1938-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Writers series -- 19
Publisher: Guernica
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781550712544
Subjects: Nowlan, Alden -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: "Alden Nowlan, born near Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1933, was a poet, journalist, novelist and playwright who overcame the disadvantages of poverty and a mere four grades of education, to publish more than twenty books and three plays in his fifty years. Among his numerous awards, his writing earned him two honorary degrees, a Guggenheim fellowship and Canada's prestigious Governor General's Award for Poetry in 1968. That same year he was appointed writer-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick, a position he held until his death in 1983." "This book examines Nowlan's bravery in accepting the limitations of his class and his art, as well as the myopia of the critical milieu in which his work was measured. Here is a glimpse of his Kunstlerroman - the elements of his art and his humanity, which sees his reputation steadily developing internationally. Robert Bly says, "Alden Nowlan is the greatest Canadian poet of the twentieth century." Contributors include: Geoffrey Cook, John Metcalfe, Paul Milton, Thomas R. Smith, and David Adams Richards."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes interview--Alden Nowlan interviewed by John Metcalf.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-141).