03209nam 2200505 450 991014869080332120200520144314.01-4875-9260-410.3138/9781487592608(CKB)3710000000922531(MiAaPQ)EBC4730397(DE-B1597)479390(OCoLC)992527612(DE-B1597)9781487592608(Au-PeEL)EBL4730397(CaPaEBR)ebr11292556(OCoLC)962452689(EXLCZ)99371000000092253120161111h19651965 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCentennial tales and selected poems /Watson KirkconnellToronto, [Ontario] :University of Toronto Press,1965.©19651 online resource (547 pages) illustrationsHeritage1-4875-9269-8 Includes bibliographical references.Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Selected Original Verse -- Centennial Talcs -- Miscellaneous Poems -- Selected Verse Translations -- European Elegies -- Bibliography of Published VerseAn all-inclusive edition of the poetry of Watson Kirkonnell would run to some ten large volumes of original verse and translations. His original verse would fill two volumes the size of this one, and his translated verse-from Icelandic, Italian, Dutch, French, Magyar, Latin, Ukrainian and Polish-would fill 5,000 pages. No poet in the English-speaking tradition is more deeply grounded in world literature. The original poetry of Watson Kirkconnell has been primarily narrative in character: first, the twelve philosophically slanted books of his Spenserian epic, The Eternal Quest; then the seventeen vivid narratives in The Flying Bull, and Other Tales, a sort of Western echo of The Canterbury Tales; and finally the thirty narrative poems of his new Centennial Tales, many of which were written in 1964. These are framed about the history of Canada, and are written in honour of the nation's Centennial in 1967. They range from the coming of the first "Amerindians" from Asia about 30,000 B.C. to a possible atomic holocaust in A.D. 2000, and include poems on the Quebec Conference of 1864, the Vimy Memorial, the Italian Campaign and the Canadians in Cyprus. This volume also contains some lyrics from Dr. Kirkconnell's light opera, The Mod at Grand Pré, and the whole of his Greek-style drama, Let My People Go, with its setting in Egypt just before the Exodus and its issues in the present. The original poetry has been arranged in roughly the reverse of chronological order, while the translations are arranged according to the dates of publication.Poets, English20th centuryBiographyElectronic books.Poets, English821.914Kirkconnell Watson1895-1977,189405MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910148690803321Centennial tales and selected poems2469116UNINA