Selected Poems

by Pratt, E. J.; Djwa, Sandra; Keith, W. J.; Pollock, Zailig; Djwa, Sandra; Keith, W. J.; Pollock, Zailig

• ISBN13: 9780802081551
• ISBN10: 080208155X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Selected Poems offers a full sampling of Pratt?s poems chosen on the joint basis of representative poetic voice and intrinsic value. The poems are based on a new edition of the texts based on a collation of all published versions.

Author Biography

Sandra Djwa is Professor of English, Simon Fraser University. W.J. Keith is retired Professor of English at the University of Toronto. Zailig Pollock is Professor of English Literature, Trent University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Editors' Introduction	ix
Biographical Chronology	xxix
POEMS
The Ice-Floes	3	(4)
The Toll of the Bells	7	(1)
Come Not the Seasons Here	8	(1)
The Drowning	9	(1)
The Fog	10	(1)
The Ground Swell	10	(1)
The Shark	11	(1)
Before an Altar	12	(1)
Newfoundland	12	(3)
The Witches' Brew	15	(18)
Sea-Gulls	33	(1)
The Sea-Cathedral	34	(1)
The Iron Door	35	(8)
Erosion	43	(1)
The Highway	44	(1)
The Man and the Machine	44	(1)
From Stone to Steel	45	(1)
The Prize Cat	46	(1)
Silences	47	(1)
Fire	48	(1)
The Titanic	49	(33)
The Baritone	82	(2)
Brebeuf and His Brethren	84	(63)
Come Away, Death	147	(1)
The Truant	148	(6)
The Good Earth	154	(1)
Towards the Last Spike	155	(52)
Notes	207	(30)
Selected Bibliography	237	(4)
Index of Titles	241	(2)
Index of First Lines	243