Keyword: Margaret Atwood

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BARBED LYRES: CANADIAN VENOMOUS VERSE.

By: Atwood, Margaret, foreword. (Tom Denholm, Glen Stone, Denis Woollings, Brian Davis, Gerry MacIntosh, Pierre Berton, Robertson Davies, Hoard Engel, Tomson Highway, Dennis Lee, Robert Priest, al Purdy, Charles Pachter, Mavor Moore, Don Harron, et al.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter: 1990

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30244

ISBN: 1550132520

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

112 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w illustrations by political cartoonist Aislin. "(W)inning entries and special celebrity submissions from a nationwide contest for satircal verse (judged by) author Margaret Atwood, columnist Allan Fotheringham and songwriter Nancy White. Over 100 of the best entries are featured. Also included are poems submitted by invitation from: Pierre Berton, Robertson Davies, Howard Engel, Don Harron, Tomson Highway, Dennis Lee, Mavor Moore, Susan Musgrave, Eric Nichol, Charles Pachter, Robert Priest, Al Purdy, Erika Ritter, Robin Skelton, et al." A 1/2" dia raised area under the ...
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UP IN THE TREE.

By: Atwood, Margaret.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1978

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 28091

ISBN: 0771008244

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Unpaginated, 10" H. Purple endpapers, red/brown/blue drawings and hand-lettered text by Margaret Atwood. Two young children enjoy playing in a tree, until it rains and a two beavers eat their ladder - but a friendly bird rescues them and all is well in the end. Minor edge wear.
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THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY.

By: Atwood, Margaret.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Oxford University Press: 1968

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 18468

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good+

69 pp, 8 1/2" H. The author's second book. "Her poetry explores the real world and a haunting private universe. Both are seen by a young woman totally committed to the search for a viable human world, one capable of containing its opposites: of reconciling the individual's inner and outer worlds, the chaos and the longing for order, the isolation of lovers, the craving for life and the fact of death. The poems in this new collection are less subjective than Miss Atwood's earlier ones, and the range of themes is wider, but they contain the same tension and give the same impression of a 'quiet M...
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RUDE RAMSAY AND THE ROARING RADISHES.

By: Atwood, Margaret.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter Kids: 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27792

ISBN: 155263244X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Unpaginated (approx. 29 pages), 9 1/2" H. Errata slip laid in at front with explanation of errors and peel-off words to be inserted into the text (all present). Colour illustrations. "(B)est-selling author Margaret Atwood offers a delightfully ridiculous (alliterative) tale about the virtues of resisting restrictions. Rude Ramsay has reached the end of his rope! Sick of dining on rock-hard rice, rubbery ribs, wrinkled ravioli, and raw rhinoceros, Ramsay and Ralph the red-nosed rat resolve to leave their rectangular residence (and Ramsay's revolting relatives) on a quest for a refreshing r...
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NORTHROP FRYE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES.

By: Denham, Robert D. (Northrop Frye.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1987

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28208

ISBN: 0802026303

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

449 pp, 9 1/4" H. "Northrop Frye was one of the most influential critics of the twentieth century. His output was prodigious: his publications include thirty-eight books and monographs, nearly 300 essays and articles, and some 15 reviews and miscellaneous pieces. His reputation is international: he has been the subject of numerous books, a forthcoming biography, and thirty doctoral dissertations from universities as far-flung as Freiburg, Oxford, and Texas. With this bibliography, the massive body of work by and about Frye is now made readily accessible for the first time. More than 2500 ...
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POESIE/POETRY 64.

By: Godbout, Jacques & Colombo, John Robert, eds. (Margaret Atwood, Gwen MacEwen, John Newlove, George Bowering, Frank Davey, Lionel Kearns, Myra von Riedman, Harry Howith, K.V. Hertz, Henry Moscovitch, Gerald Godin, Andre Brochu, Francoise Bujold, et

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Les editions du jour/Ryerson Press, Montreal/Toronto, (1963).:

Seller ID: 8726

157 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "An informal but important anthology of the new poetry being written in Canada today by sixteen young Canadian poets, both English and French." (Margaret Atwood, Gwen MacEwen, John Newlove, George Bowering, Frank Davey, Lionel Kearns, Myra von Riedman, Harry Howith, K.V. Hertz, Henry Moscovitch, Gerald Godin, Andre Brochu, Francoise Bujold, Andre Major, Paul Chamberland, Michel Garneau.) Pages browning lightly, large crease to top corner of free rear endpaper, tiny crease to top corner of pages 130-155, minor edgewear to boards. Dust jacket has light...
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THE BROKEN ARK: A BOOK OF BEASTS.

By: Ondaatje, Michael, compiler. John Newlove, Victor Coleman, John Glassco, Gwendolyn Macewen, George Johnston, Milton Acorn, Earle Birney, Phyllis Webb, Joan Finnegan, George Bowering, Alden Nowlan, Irving Layton, bill bissett, et al.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Oberon: 1971

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29489

ISBN: 0887500501

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Unpaginated (approx. 50 pp.), 12" H. B&w illustrations. Contains: 'Good Company, Fine Houses' by John Newlove; 'The Egg' by Victor Coleman; 'Catbird' by John Glassco; 'Invocations' by Gwendolyn MacEwen; 'Honey' & 'Noctambule' by George Johnston; 'The Natural History of the Elephants' by Milton Acorn; 'Slug in Woods' by Earle Birney; 'Love Story' by Phyllis Webb; 'On the 24th of May' by D.G. Jones; 'Horses' by Joan Finnegan; 'Dobbin' by George Bowering; 'The Bull Moose' by Alden Nowlan; 'Cain' by Irving Layton; 'Mountain Oysters' by Pat Lane; 'Man' by David McFadden; 'Killer Whale' by bill bi...
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"QUOTATIONS" FROM ENGLISH CANADIAN LITERATURE.

By: Strickland, David.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Modern Canadian Library: 1973

Seller ID: 12342

ISBN: 0919364233

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good -

189 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H) "(A) comprehensive anthology of Canadian literature from its humble pioneer beginnings to the present day. Sometimes serious, often light-hearted, here is a vivid cross-section of Canadian thought and experience. Arranged alphabetically by subject matter, a great variety of subjects - art, customs, politics, money, women, youth, loneliness, work, old age, to mention but a few - are covered. In fact, practically the entire spectrum of human experience is explored." Alphabetical author index. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterio...
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RAPT IN PLAID: CANADIAN LITERATURE AND SCOTTISH TRADITION.

By: Waterston, Elizabeth.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 2001

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 15717

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

344 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). "(C)ombines reflection, criticism, and memoir to illustrate a curious and longlasting connection between Scottish and Canadian literary traditions. Examples drawn from genres including lyric poetry, narrative romance, war fiction, children's literature, sentimental fiction, thrillers, domestic novels, and short stories link Canadian writers such as John Richardson, Isabella Valancy Crawford, Sinclair Ross, Hugh MacLennan, Margaret Laurence, (L.M. Montgomery) and W.O. Mitchell to Scottish writers such as Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Thomas Carlyle, J.M. Barrie, Robert L...
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN CANADA. TWAYNE'S WORLD AUTHORS SERIES - CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.

By: Waterston, Elizabeth.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Twayne, New York: 1992

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 16695

ISBN: 0805782648

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

212 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w illustrations. "Waterston's informative study brings to life Canadian history and culture and illuminates a unique literary community in which acclaimed adult writers like Margaret Atwood, Margaret Laurence, and Mordechai Richler are also the authors of children's books. Waterston demonstrates the distinctly Canadian elements of such works as 'The Young Fur Traders' (1856), 'Anne of Green Gables' (1908), and 'Alligator Pie' (1974). This study delineates the developmental stages through which children progress and discusses the various literary genres that appeal...
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BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

By: Woodcock, George.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Markham, Ontario, Fitzhenry & Whiteside: 1987

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20468

ISBN: 0889029288

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

300 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). This, the second volume of George Woodcock's autobiography, "deals with the period between 1949 and 1977. (It) details Woodcock's life in the British Columbia bush, his close and longstanding relationship with the Doukhobors, his battles with US immigration officials. We learn of the founding of the influential 'Canadian Literature' review, and we follow Mr. Woodcock on his extended and beautifully-described tours of India and the South Seas. George Woodcock is not only a revered literary critic. He is also a gifted and witty raconteur. (This book) allows us ...
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BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

By: Woodcock, George.

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Markham, Ontario, Fitzhenry & Whiteside: 1987

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28833

ISBN: 0889029288

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

ECW'S BIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO CANADIAN POETS.

By: Woodcock, George; Cogswell, Fred; Barbour, Douglas; Jewinski, Ed, et al.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: ECW Press, (Toronto, 1993).:

Seller ID: 12912

282 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. B&w portrait sketches by Isaac Bickerstaff. Contents: Charles Heaveysege; Charles Sangster; Charles Mair; Isabella Valancy Crawford; William Wilfred Campbell; Charles G.D. Roberts; Bliss Carman; Archibald Lampman; D uncan Campell Scott; E.J. Pratt; W.W.E. Ross; Raymond Knister; F.R. Scott; Robert Finch; A.J.M. Smith; Earle Birney; Leo Kennedy; Ralph Gustafson; A.M. Klein; Dorothy Livesay; Anne Wilkinson; Irving Layton; P.K. Page; Miriam Waddington; Margaret Avison; Louis Dudek; Al Purdy; Raymond Souster; Eli Mandel; Milton Acorn; James Reaney; Robert Kroetsch;...
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Keyword: Margaret Atwood