E. J. Pratt (1883–1964)
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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 vis mere 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." vis mindre
Værker af 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 eksemplarer
Complete poems : Part 1 4 eksemplarer
Roosevelt and the Antinoe, The 3 eksemplarer
The Fable of the Goats, and other poems 3 eksemplarer
Verses of the sea 2 eksemplarer
Poems for upper school : with notes and questions 2 eksemplarer
The Iron Door 2 eksemplarer
Complete poems : Part 2 2 eksemplarer
Many Moods 1 eksemplar
They are Returning 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
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- Kanonisk navn
- Pratt, E. J.
- Juridisk navn
- Pratt, Edwin John
- Fødselsdato
- 1883-02-04
- Dødsdag
- 1964-04-26
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Canada
- Fødested
- Western Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
- Dødssted
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Uddannelse
- University of Toronto (Victoria College)
- Erhverv
- poet
teacher - Organisationer
- Canadian Authors Association
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Lorne Pierce Medal (1940)
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- Værker
- 24
- Also by
- 2
- Medlemmer
- 103
- Popularitet
- #185,855
- Vurdering
- 3.5
- Anmeldelser
- 1
- ISBN
- 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.… (mere)