E.J. Pratt

E.J. Pratt
Author: Elizabeth Popham
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 792
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1442650230

The English Library of the University of Toronto presents information on Canadian poet Edwin John Pratt (1882-?). The library offers biographical information on Pratt, the full text of several of Pratt's poems, and a bibliography of his works.

Ned Pratt

Ned Pratt
Author: Mireille Eagan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781773100869

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Ned Pratt: One Wave', organized by The Rooms, St. John's, NL, September 22, 2018 to January 20, 2019, and touring nationally 2019-22" -- Publisher.

Disciplining Bodies in the Gymnasium

Disciplining Bodies in the Gymnasium
Author: Patricia Anne Vertinsky
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780714655109

The prize-winning War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of British Columbia is discussed here, examining what the building's design, construction and shifting functions reveal about the university's values during the post-war years.

Northrop Frye on Canada

Northrop Frye on Canada
Author: Northrop Frye
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 810
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780802037107

Brings together all of the writings of Northrop Frye, both published and unpublished, on the subject of Canadian literature and culture, from his early book reviews of the 1930s and 1940s through his cultural commentaries of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Interviews With Northrop Frye

Interviews With Northrop Frye
Author: Jean O'Grady
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 1421
Release: 2008-04-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1442692286

It is often forgotten that Northrop Frye, a scholar known chiefly for his books and articles, was also a gifted speaker who was never reluctant to be interviewed. This collection of 111 interviews and discussions with the critic assembles all of those published or broadcast on radio or television. Also included among the interviews are a number of conversations not generally known, many of them transcribed from tapes gathered from personal collections. Interviews with Northrop Frye aims to provide another view of the famous literary critic, one that supplements that which is often obtained from reading his printed works. Ranging from the earliest interviews in 1948 to discussions that took place mere months before his death in 1991, this volume is a complete portrait of Frye the conversationalist, demonstrating that he was capable of expressing his thought just as lucidly in person as he could on paper. Among the topics included are Frye’s views on teaching, writing, and Canadian literature, his opinions on the state of criticism, and a fascinating exchange concerning contemporary religion. For anyone interested in the life and career of Northrop Frye, these interviews are an ideal way to gain greater insight into the man and his work.

Bolder Flights

Bolder Flights
Author: Frank Tierney
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1999-01-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0776615505

A growing number of literary historians and critics now recognize the contemporary long poem as a distinctively Canadian genre. This collection of essays leads the reader to a deeper understanding of Canadian literary cultures in terms of their local intimacies and idiosyncrasies as well as in their national contexts.

Outside the Box

Outside the Box
Author: Maria Meindl
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0773539115

The life and times of poet and broadcaster Mona Gould.

Between the Temple and the Cave

Between the Temple and the Cave
Author: Angela T. McAuliffe
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2000-05-26
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0773568484

Drawing on a wide variety of newly available source material, Angela McAuliffe examines the roots of Pratt's religious attitudes, including his strict Methodist upbringing in Newfoundland and his plans to enter the ministry. She explores Pratt's early prose and unpublished poetry, including his theses on demonology and Pauline eschatology and the unpublished poem "Clay," to trace the origins of religious ideas and motifs that occur in his later work. McAuliffe focuses on key motifs in Pratt's poetry, such as his image of a distant and formidable God, his apocalyptic vision of the world, and his belief in determinism and fate. She concludes that the diversity of religious positions attributed to Pratt and the image of God that emerges from his poetry are facets of the ironic vision of a man of twentieth-century sensibility who wrestled with God and sought a medium of expression equal to his themes.

Ron Thom, Architect

Ron Thom, Architect
Author: Adele Weder
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2022-09-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1771643234

A definitive biography of an iconic Canadian architect—and a social portrait of the midcentury design world he lived in. Ron Thom came of age in the mid-20th century, just as the modern movement and an impending building boom were about to reshape the country. Talented in music and art as well as design, he rejected sleek austerity in favor of modern architecture that is warm, intimate, and beautiful. He worked from coast to coast, and his most renowned buildings—Massey College, Trent University, the Shaw Festival Theatre, and landmark houses—continue to inspire generations of architects, as well as the legions of people who work, study, visit, and live in them. In Adele Weder’s new biography, Thom emerges as a complex figure, gifted with creative genius but pursued by demons. More than just the life story of one man, this book is a portrait of the society that shaped him. His world included Jack Shadbolt, Arthur Erickson, the Massey family, Barbara, and Murray Frum, and many other luminaries of 20th-century Canada. To unpack this multifaceted story, Weder pored through institutional and personal archives in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Peterborough, and Toronto. She tracked down and interviewed Thom’s surviving friends, colleagues, and family members across the country, from New Brunswick to Vancouver Island. Her extensive research serves as the bedrock for Ron Thom, Architect—a book for anyone interested in a transformative era in Canada's cultural history.