The Half-Lives of Pat Lowther

Christine Wiesenthal

Published by University of Toronto Press 2005

The Half-Lives of Pat Lowther

Christine Wiesenthal

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442681422

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About this book

A wealth of previously uncollected and unpublished letters, notebook entries, court documents, interviews, and archival materials illuminate Pat Lowther's manifold achievements in her domestic, political, and intellectual lives. The Half-Lives of Pat Lowther is the premier work on this remarkable figure.

Author / Editor information

Wiesenthal Christine :

Christine Wiesenthal is a Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta.

Reviews

Gary Geddes:

'Deftly analyzing both the canonization and desecration strategies that have shaped the Lowther legacies, Wiesenthal wisely moves beyond the victimization myth and characterizations of the poet as a "prescient Cassandra".…Few poets would be fortunate to have so intelligent and painstaking an advocate. Wiesenthal has not only rescued many precious and vanishing fragments of the life story, but also brought into focus the very complex mythological and scientificmaterial Lowther was consuming like a blast furnance and trying to incorporate into her work.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Chronology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Toward a Half-Life of Pat Lowther Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. The Craft of Memory
Chapter 1. Three September Twenty-Threes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 2. Not about Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Chapter 3. Canonicity and the 'Cult of the Victim' Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
PART II. Complicated Airflows in the House
Chapter 4. 'At, Rat, Cat, Sat, Pat' Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter 5. 5823 St George Street Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Chapter 6. A Difficult Flowering Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Chapter 7. That 'Spinning Female Thing' Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Chapter 8. It Happens Every Day Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
PART III. Ready to Learn Politics
Chapter 9. The First 'Red Flag' Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Chapter 10. The Local Left Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Chapter 11. The Age of the Bird Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Chapter 12. Longitudes, North Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Chapter 13. Longitudes, South Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
Chapter 14. Welcome to the League Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
PART IV. Philosophy's First Molecule
Chapter 15. Infinite Mirror Trips Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Chapter 16. The Land Is What's Left Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	354
Chapter 17. 'History, and Context, and Continuity' Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	386
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	409
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	459
Illustration Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	471
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	473

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 530

eBook

Published: September 30, 2005
ISBN: 9781442681422