All these roads
Subtitle: the poetry of Louis Dudek
By: selected with an introduction by Karis Sherer ; and an afterword by Frank Davey.
Contributors: Shearer, Karis, 1980-
Series: Laurier poetry series
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Waterloo, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781554580392
Description: "A passionate believer in the power of art - and especially poetry - to influence and critique contemporary culture, Louis Dudek devoted much of his life to shaping the Canadian literary scene through his meditative and experimental poems as well as his work in publishing and teaching. All These Roads: The Poetry of Louis Dudek brings together thirty-five of Dudek's poems written over the course of his sixty-year career." "Karis Shearer's introduction provides an overview of Dudek's prolific career as poet, professor, editor, publisher, and critic, and considers the ways in which Dudek's functional poems help, both formally and thematically, to carry out the tasks associated with those roles. Comparing Dudek's reception to that of NourbeSe Philip, Marilyn Dumont, and Roy Miki, Frank Davey's afterword locates Dudek in a pre-1980s version of multiculturalism that is more complex than many critics would have it. According to Davey, Dudek broadened the limits on the possible range and type of poetry for subsequent generations of Canadian writers."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.