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Title: In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry
Publisher: Raincoast Books, Vancouver, BC
Publication Date: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1551927772
ISBN 13: 9781551927770
Binding: Softcover
Edition: 1st Edition.
Condition: Good

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Exploring and exalting the complex art of form poetry in the Canadian literary canon, this comprehensive and groundbreaking anthology brings 175 poems from over 140 poets from the 18th century to the present day, and 20 distinct poetic forms, together under one cover. The sonnets, ghazals, triolets, ballads, epigrams, pallindromes, and other forms represented in the collection will appeal to the poetry lover as well as teachers and students of poetry, as they demonstrate the rich history of poetry that laid the foundation for modern writers. Canadian poets include Bliss Carman, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Dennis Lee, George Elliott Clarke, Alden Nowlan, Gwendolyn MacEwan, Molly Peacock, Lorna Crozier, Anne Simpson, �mile Nelligan, Adam Sol, Barbara Nickel, Christian Bok, and Margaret Atwood.

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Kate Braid is a poet. Her poetry books have won the Pat Lowther and VanCity Book Prizes and have been shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Prize. She teaches at Malaspina University-College. Sandy Shreve is a poet whose collections have received the Earle Birney Prize for Poetry and have been shortlisted for the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award and a National Magazine Award for Poetry. She founded Poetry in Transit in British Columbia and is the communications officer for the Legal Services Society. They both live in Vancouver, British Columbia. P. K. Page was a renowned Canadian poet who has been honored with the Governor General's Award, the first Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence, and with the status of Companion of the Order of Canada. She was the author of over 30 published books of poetry, fiction, travel diaries, essays, children's books, and an autobiography.

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