E. J. Pratt (1883–1964)
Auteur van Collected Poems
Over de Auteur
E. J. Pratt is considered to be the poet who initiated the Canadian modernist movement. Yet, unlike his literary contemporaries, Pratt was attracted to the convention of epic poetry: Brebeuf and His Brethren (1940) and Towards the Last Spike (1952) are impressive examples of this style and are also toon meer ambitious attempts to forge a national mythology through verse. Edwin John Pratt was born at Western Bay, Newfoundland. As he grew up in this desolate coastal town, Pratt's association with the sea impressed him with an image that would later reverberate throughout his poetry. Although trained as a Methodist minister, Pratt evidently experienced a crisis of faith following his studies in philosophy and psychology at the University of Toronto, where he received a Ph.D. in theology. In 1920, largely because of his promise as a poet, he was given an English professorship at Victoria College, University of Toronto, a post from which he retired in 1953. Pratt's verse is aptly described by E. K. Brown as the "work of an experimenter who is continuing to clutch at a tradition although that tradition is actually stifling him." toon minder
Werken van E. J. Pratt
Towards the last spike : a verse-panorama of the struggle to build the first Canadian transcontinental from the time of… (1952) 5 exemplaren
Complete poems : Part 1 4 exemplaren
Roosevelt and the Antinoe, The 3 exemplaren
The Fable of the Goats, and other poems 3 exemplaren
Verses of the sea 2 exemplaren
Poems for upper school : with notes and questions 2 exemplaren
The Iron Door 2 exemplaren
Complete poems : Part 2 2 exemplaren
Many Moods 1 exemplaar
They are Returning 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Pratt, E. J.
- Officiële naam
- Pratt, Edwin John
- Geboortedatum
- 1883-02-04
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1964-04-26
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
- Geboorteplaats
- Western Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
- Plaats van overlijden
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Opleiding
- University of Toronto (Victoria College)
- Beroepen
- poet
teacher - Organisaties
- Canadian Authors Association
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Lorne Pierce Medal (1940)
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Lijsten
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- Werken
- 24
- Ook door
- 2
- Leden
- 103
- Populariteit
- #185,855
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 17
Also, in Brebeuf and his Brethren, similar relish is taken by Huron and Six Nations people in torture and savagery. I know Pratt was a man of his times, even behind the times. But his depiction of Native people and wildlife seems wildly inaccurate to me.
But man, he sure can hold your attention for pages and pages of blank verse.… (meer)