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The Edge of Home: Milton Acorn from the Island

Anne Compton

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Description:Widely acknowledged to be Prince Edward Island's greatest poet, Milton Acorn was born in Charlottetown in 1923 and died there in 1986. A significant contributor to the Canadian literary scene of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, he counted Al Purdy, Eli Mandel, Leonard Cohen, Irving Layton and Patrick Lane among his friends. The original "People's Poet," Acorn received a medal and cash prize from his peers at Toronto's Grossman's Tavern in 1970 when his selected poems, I've Tasted My Blood, failed to win the Governor General's Award. He went on to receive Canada's highest literary honour for The Island Means Minago, published in 1975. Acorn was the author of ten books of poetry, and, with Cedric Smith, he co-authored the play, The Road to Charlottetown. Although he lived in various Canadian cities between 1951 and 1981, Acorn's finely tuned homing instincts always brought him back to the Island. Now Anne Compton, another Island poet, brings us The Edge of Home: Milton Acorn from the Island, a collection of Acorn's poems written about, or rooted in, his home province. Selected from books published between 1956 and 1983, the sixty-two poems range in topic from nature and landscape to Island people and politics. Compton's critical essay, "The Ecological Poetics of Milton Acorn," shows how Acorn's Island infuses many of his finest poems.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Edge of Home: Milton Acorn from the Island. To get started finding The Edge of Home: Milton Acorn from the Island, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2002

ISBN: 091901335X

Description: Widely acknowledged to be Prince Edward Island's greatest poet, Milton Acorn was born in Charlottetown in 1923 and died there in 1986. A significant contributor to the Canadian literary scene of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, he counted Al Purdy, Eli Mandel, Leonard Cohen, Irving Layton and Patrick Lane among his friends. The original "People's Poet," Acorn received a medal and cash prize from his peers at Toronto's Grossman's Tavern in 1970 when his selected poems, I've Tasted My Blood, failed to win the Governor General's Award. He went on to receive Canada's highest literary honour for The Island Means Minago, published in 1975. Acorn was the author of ten books of poetry, and, with Cedric Smith, he co-authored the play, The Road to Charlottetown. Although he lived in various Canadian cities between 1951 and 1981, Acorn's finely tuned homing instincts always brought him back to the Island. Now Anne Compton, another Island poet, brings us The Edge of Home: Milton Acorn from the Island, a collection of Acorn's poems written about, or rooted in, his home province. Selected from books published between 1956 and 1983, the sixty-two poems range in topic from nature and landscape to Island people and politics. Compton's critical essay, "The Ecological Poetics of Milton Acorn," shows how Acorn's Island infuses many of his finest poems.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Edge of Home: Milton Acorn from the Island. To get started finding The Edge of Home: Milton Acorn from the Island, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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