Unfinished Dreams
Contemporary Poetry of Acadie
Goose Lane Editions (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
172 pages
978-0-86492-132-1 (ISBN)
Description
Acadie is a country which exists in the imagination and words of its people. Its literature is young; its poetry has emerged from sheer experimentation with language -- both in its form and its content. But the poetry of Acadie is more than simply experimentation: it is also a political expression, an insistence on the very existence of an imaginative country. This is the first anthology of this type ever to be published in English.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Fredricton
Canada
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-86492-132-1 (9780864921321)
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Jo-Anne Elder has translated many of Chiassonas works of poetry, including Beatitudes and Conversations and, in collaboration with Fred Cogswell, Climates. She and Fred Cogswell also edited and translated Unfinished Dreams: Contemporary Poetry of Acadie. Fred Cogswell was one of the scions of Canadian Poetry. A widely published poet, anthologist, translator, reviewer, and critic, he has been a figurehead on the Canadian literary scene for more than fifty years. He was the recipient of numerous awards and honours ranging from the Bliss Carman Medal in 1947, to the Order of Canada in 1981, to a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Publishers Association in 2000. He was the founder of Fiddlehead Poetry Books, one of Canada's oldest literary presses and has acted as mentor to several generations of young poets.