The Politics of the Imagination: A Life of F. R. Scott

Djwa, Sandra

ISBN 10: 0771028253 / ISBN 13: 9780771028250

Published by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1987

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The Politics of the Imagination: A Life of F. R. Scott, Djwa, Sandra. Published by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1987. First Edition. 528 pages including black and white glossy photographic section, index and notes. Blue boards with silver spine titles; tan endpapers. Clipped dustjacket has fading to spine and otherwise fine; contents in unread, pristine condition. Frank Scott or F. R. Scott (1899 ¿ 1985) was a Canadian poet, intellectual and constitutional expert. He helped found the first Canadian social democratic party, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and its successor, the New Democratic Party. He won Canada's top literary prize, the Governor General's Award, twice, once for poetry and once for non-fiction. To read this book is to see modern Canadian history and the Canadian identity take shape in front of you.No concerned Canadian, especially those under 40, can afford not to read it. And because of Djwa's skill and style, it is an unalloyed pleasure to do so. Arnold Edinborough, Financial Post, 14 March 1988 In her thoroughly documented and lucidly written study (it reads like a novel), Sandra Djwa has captured all the great qualities which made Frank Scott one of the most respected Canadians of this century, indeed, of any of our centuries. Douglas C. Lochhead, Telegraph-Journal, 1988.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Politics of the Imagination: A Life of F. R. Scott
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0771028253
• ISBN 13: 9780771028250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • CANADA
  • POETRY AND DRAMA
  • MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY

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Book by Djwa, Sandra

Review

This is a fine book: impeccably researched, stylishly written, endlessly informative and cleverly organized.  It has something for everyone and who possesses some interest in the history of this country. How wonderful that such an important story should be told so exceptionally.              Allen Mills, Winnipeg Free Press, November 1987

To read this book is to see modern Canadian history and the Canadian identity take shape in front of you.  No concerned Canadian, especially those under 40, can afford not to read it.  And because of Djwa's skill and style, it is an unalloyed pleasure to do so.Arnold Edinborough, Financial Post, 14 March 1988

In her thoroughly documented and lucidly written study (it reads like a novel), Sandra Djwa has captured all the great qualities which made Frank Scott one of the most respected Canadians of this century, indeed, of any of our centuries. Douglas C. Lochhead, Telegraph-Journal, 1988

Sandra Djwa has risen magnificently to the challenge. In this book she has given us a scholarly, balanced, and eminently readable account of one of this century's most fascinating Canadian personalities, and has created an indispensable guide for future researchers.  Jacob S. Ziegel, University of Toronto Law Journal, 1989