Alden Nowlan: Selected Poems [Paperback]

Alden Nowlan (Author), Patrick Lane (Editor), Lorna Crozier (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0887845738 | ISBN-13: 978-0887845734 | Publication Date: January 26, 1996

Alden Nowlan, one of Canada's finest and most influential poets, died in 1983. He leaves a rich legacy of poetry that is accessible yet profound, and that speaks to people's lives with wry observation and keen insight. For Nowlan fans and new readers alike, award-winning poets Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane help to review and recontextualize Nowlan's place in twentieth-century Canadian poetry. With these selected poems, Lane and Crozier's choices reflect the recurring themes that illuminate Nowlan's work. This new volume is truly the best of Alden Nowlan's poetry, and above all is a tribute to a poet who deserves to be treasured for all time.

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About the Author

Alden Nowlan was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, and published poetry, plays, short stories, and novels. He died in Fredericton in 1983. He was one of Canada's finest and most influential poets.

Product Details

• Paperback: 194 pages
• Publisher: House of Anansi Press (January 26, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887845738
• ISBN-13: 978-0887845734
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,209,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alden Nowlen is amazing, May 17, 2004

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"x_cjunkie" (New Brunswick Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alden Nowlan: Selected Poems (Paperback)

Having lived in New Brunswick all of my life I find that Alden Nowlen's poetry is spectacular and the imagery he uses is very well known to me. He has very insightful, but honest and earthy poetry that people who have grown up in the maratimes may especially enjoy. I call him poetry without any pretension.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Compilation of Nowlan's Poems, February 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Alden Nowlan: Selected Poems (Paperback)

Excellent selected poems by Alden Nowlan. Insightful, intriguing, thought-provoking and beautiful. I discovered Nowlan in high school and I'm glad I did. I could relate to much of what he wrote.