James Reaney On The Grid

Author : Stan Dragland
Publisher : The Porcupine's Quill
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780889844537

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James Reaney on the Grid by Stan Dragland Pdf

‘Set up a trellis for flowering plants to climb all over: it’s there but unseen, supporting all that floral leaf-green beauty.’ In James Reaney on the Grid, Stan Dragland examines an artist fiercely loyal to his artistic practice, deploying the metaphor of the grid to explore the inherited literary patterns and archetypes underpinning works of London poet, playwright and educator James Reaney. With extensive references to Reaney’s considerable oeuvre (from early publications such as A Suit of Nettles and The Box Social to what is arguably his master work, The Donnellys), and to an eclectic collection of theorists, artists and contemporaries whose ideas inform and respond to Reaney’s, Dragland seeks to reveal not only what Reaney’s work is about but also what it does. In so doing, he takes readers by the hand in a surprisingly personal ramble through the processes and productions of one of Southern Ontario’s most influential writers.

Author : Jarrett Heckbert
Publisher : The Porcupine's Quill
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780889843912

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Metamorphadox by Jarrett Heckbert Pdf

In a small corner of what was once known as North America, in the not-too-distant future, Neo-Toronto emerges as a prosperous island enclave after decades of war and unrest. In this world, knowledge is downloaded, learning is obsolete, cybernetic communication is the norm and even time travel is within reach. Citizens wholeheartedly embrace a doctrine of immortality, hoping to achieve Singularity—a state of autonomy so complete that human contact is rendered unnecessary. Jarrett Heckbert’s Metamorphadox presents a cautionary tale of a society that loses touch with physical reality. This suite of 81 wood engravings chronicles the chilling journey toward posthumanity in a dystopian future-world in which experience is always mediated and reality is undeniably, inescapably virtual.

Author : James Reaney
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-12
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781550028324

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The Donnellys by James Reaney Pdf

Based on a true story, these three plays explore the saga of a secret society and massacre that stunned the Canadian public in 1880.-Based on a true story, these three plays explore the saga of a secret society and massacre that stunned the Canadian public in 1880.

Author : James Reaney
Publisher : London, Ont. : Brick Books
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Poetry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121831171

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Souwesto Home by James Reaney Pdf

The poems in Souwesto Home are fresh, youthful meditations on such diverse subjects as the Little Lakes near Stratford, Ontario, the flora of Elgin County, the Donnelly feud, lichens, a Department Store Jesus, and so on. The collection ranges widely in tone and technique, from the lyrical to the satirical, from the direct and straightforward to the linguistically playful. As ever, Reaney's signature voice, his inimitable combination of sophistication and child-like simplicity, may be heard in every line. Like his contemporaries, P.K. Page, Margaret Avison and Colleen Thibaudeau (his wife), he has lost nothing of his poetic prowess to advancing years

Author : James Reaney
Publisher : The Porcupine's Quill
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 088984173X

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The Box Social and Other Stories by James Reaney Pdf

The Box Social & Other Stories gathers together nine of James Reaney's short fictions written in the 40s and early 50s and never previously collected in book form. The collection takes its title from a short piece the author originally published in the University College Undergrad and which provoked a firestorm of eight hundred angry letters from subscribers when it was republished nationally in the New Liberty in the late 40s. It also thwarted the young author's designs on the editorship of the Undergrad because of his clear moral unsuitability for such an august position. (This is doubtful, because the Undergrad eventually came to be edited, thirty years later, by PQL publisher Tim Inkster.) `The Box Social' is remarkable, not only that it introduced the theme of date rape to Canadian literature some thirty years before the phrase was coined, but also that it is told from Sylvia's point of view, and yet again that it ends with one of the quietest lines of literary vitriol imaginable ... ` ``I hated you so much, '' she said softly.' If Alice Munro has put the sexually awakening female under glass in Lives of Girls and Women, then The Box Social could just as easily have been titled Lives of Boys and Men. In `The Bully', the brutality of what passes for etiquette in secondary school is contrasted with the simpler life of the farm personified in Noreen who drops grain in the shape of letters to feed her chickens -- `so that when the hens ate the grain they were forced to spell out Noreen's initials or to form a cross and circle. There were just enough hens to make this rather an interesting game. Sometimes, I know, Noreen spelled out whole sentences in this way, a letter or two each night, and I often wondered to whom she was writing up in the sky.' `The Bully' was included in The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories edited by Margaret Atwood and Robert Weaver. The young Margaret Atwood first encountered `The Bully' as an undergraduate. She read the story, oddly enough, in an anthology edited by Robert Weaver, and the experience was apparently seminal to her own development as a writer of fiction ...

Author : Thomas Gerry
Publisher : The Porcupine's Quill
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780889843585

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The Emblems of James Reaney by Thomas Gerry Pdf

The literary emblem can trace its roots back to sixteenth-century English collections, which sought to reconcile classical philosophy with Christian doctrine. Consisting of images and verses, emblems challenged readers to use their wit and knowledge to deduce the connection between the visual and the textual. In The Emblems of James Reaney, former Reaney student and professor Thomas Gerry draws on his own considerable wit and knowledge to help readers understand the myth, mystery and meaning behind ten literary emblems, published in 1972 as ?Two Chapters from an Emblem Book? by poet, playwright and painter James Reaney. Gerry conducts an exhaustive investigation of the ?magnetic arrangement? that links each emblem with some of Reaney?s best-known fiction, poetry, drama and painting. His detailed analysis of the visual and verbal aspects of each emblem draws on alchemy, biblical mythology and Haitian voodoo. By referring to the influence and inspiration that Reaney drew from William Blake, Edmund Spenser, Northrop Frye and Carl Jung, Gerry reveals the overall cycle of meaning behind the emblems and shows how Reaney marries the opposing concepts of art and experience into a unified artistic vision. The Emblems of James Reaney presents a fascinating organizational scheme within which to study some of Reaney?s most beloved works, encouraging readers to frolic in the playbox of Reaney?s imagination and to revisit his work – and Canadian literature – with new eyes.

Author : George Bowering
Publisher : Raincoast Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1551927152

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Changing on the Fly by George Bowering Pdf

George Bowering has been an inimitable, witty, eclectic and electrifying voice in Canadian letters for decades. The author of over 20 poetry collections, novels, criticism, memoirs, and recently, "unauthorized" histories of Canada, Bowering has won the Governor General's Award for poetry and fiction. In 2000, in recognition of his extraodinary accomplishments, Bowering was appointed Canada's Poet Laureate. Changing on the Fly collects the best of Bowering's poetry in one fascinating, revelatory and immensely readable volume.

Author : David Suzuki,Tara Cullis
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781778400056

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The Declaration of Interdependence by David Suzuki,Tara Cullis Pdf

Calling all people to become stewards of the earth, this exquisite edition is a heartfelt plea for the planet's preservation. The Declaration of Interdependence—both an enlightening creed and a passionate call to action—was composed by David Suzuki and a team of activists and environmentalists in 1992, in recognition of the United Nations' Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. This compelling statement of environmental principles progresses through three stages: “This We Know,” “This We Believe,” and “This We Resolve.” In this exquisitely designed edition, artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas brings this powerful creed to life using imagery from cultures around the world, interpreted through his dynamic Haida Manga style. The declaration is followed by an inspiring essay by David Suzuki. An epilogue by Tara Cullis, president and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, reveals the history and achievements of the foundation, one of North America's most active and successful environmental organizations. Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation.

Author : J. R. Tim Struthers
Publisher : Essential Writers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1771834358

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Alice Munro Country by J. R. Tim Struthers Pdf

Machine generated contents note:Alice Munro: Not Bad Short Story Writer /Douglas Gibson --Looking, Imagining /Jack Hodgins --The Boy with the Banana in His Mouth /Judith Thompson --Einstein's Hammer and the Painting Pachyderm: Reading Alice Munro in the Digital Age (every day is trying to teach us something) /John B. Lee --An ABC to Ontario Literature and Culture /James Reaney --All Things Considered: Alice Munro First and Last /Reg Thompson --Remembrance Day 1988: An Interview with Alice Munro /J.R. (Tim) Struthers --Too Little Geography; Too Much History: Writing the Balance in Alice Munro /Dennis Duffy --"The Region That I Know": The Bioregional View in Alice Munro's The View from Castle Rock /Alec Follett --Intimate Dislocations: Buried History and Geography in Alice Munro's Souwesto Stories /Coral Ann Howells --Society and Culture in Rural and Small-Town Ontario: Alice Munro's Testimony on the Forty Years from 1945 to 1985 /John Weaver --Alice Munro and the Huron Tract as a Literary Project /Ian Rae --Alice Munro's Black Bottom; or Black Tints and Euro Hints in Lives of Girls and Women /George Elliott Clarke --Alice Munro as Small-Town Historian: "Spaceships Have Landed" /Warren U. Ober --Killer OSPs and Style Munro in "Open Secrets" /William Butt --Not for Entertainment Purposes Only: Ethnicity and Alice Munro's "Powers" /Shelley Hulan --Thoughts from England: On Reading, Teaching, and Writing Back to Alice Munro's "Meneseteung" /Ailsa Cox --Giving Tongue: Scorings of Voice, Verse, and Flesh in Alice Munro's "Meneseteung" /Louis K. MacKendrick --"Pearl Street is another story": Poetry and Reality in Alice Munro's "Meneseteung" /Marianne Micros --A Bibliographical Tour of Alice Munro Country /J.R. (Tim) Struthers.

Author : Krystal A. Tolley,Anthony Herrel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520276055

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The Biology of Chameleons by Krystal A. Tolley,Anthony Herrel Pdf

They change color depending on their mood. They possess uniquely adapted hands and feet distinct from other tetrapods. They feature independently movable eyes. This comprehensive volume delves into these fascinating details and thorough research about one of the most charismatic families of reptilesÑChameleonidae. Written for professional herpetologists, scholars, researchers, and students, this book takes readers on a voyage across time to discover everything that is known about chameleon biology: anatomy, physiology, adaptations, ecology, behavior, biogeography, phylogeny, classification, and conservation. A description of the natural history of chameleons is given, along with the fossil record and typical characteristics of each genus. The state of chameleons in the modern world is also depicted, complete with new information on the most serious threats to these remarkable reptiles.

Author : Ellen Lupton
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781616893507

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Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton Pdf

"Thinking with Type is to typography what Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is to physics."—I Love Typography The best-selling Thinking with Type in a revised and expanded second edition: Thinking with Type is the definitive guide to using typography in visual communication. Ellen Lupton provides clear and focused guidance on how letters, words, and paragraphs should be aligned, spaced, ordered, and shaped. The book covers all typography essentials, from typefaces and type families, to kerning and tracking, to using a grid. Visual examples show how to be inventive within systems of typographic form, including what the rules are, and how to break them. This revised edition includes forty-eight pages of new content with the latest information on: • style sheets for print and the web • the use of ornaments and captions • lining and non-lining numerals • the use of small caps and enlarged capitals • mixing typefaces • font formats and font licensing Plus, new eye-opening demonstrations of basic typography design with letters, helpful exercises, and dozens of additional illustrations. Thinking with Type is the typography book for everyone: designers, writers, editors, students, and anyone else who works with words. If you love font and lettering books, Ellen Lupton's guide reveals the way typefaces are constructed and how to use them most effectively. Fans of Thinking with Type will love Ellen Lupton's new book Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers.

Author : Nevil W. Quinn
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789061420

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Hydrology: Advances in Theory and Practice by Nevil W. Quinn Pdf

Hydrology: Advances in Theory and Practice, brings together contributions to both the theory and practice of hydrology, including chapters on (amongst other topics) flood estimation methods and hydrological modelling. The book also looks forward with a global hydrology research agenda fit for the 2030s, and explores how to make advances in hydrological modelling – based on almost 50 years of modelling experience. In Focus – a book series that showcases the latest accomplishments in water research. Each book focuses on a specialist area with papers from top experts in the field. It aims to be a vehicle for in-depth understanding and inspire further conversations in the sector.

Author : Orlo Miller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-18
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780470675199

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The Donnellys Must Die by Orlo Miller Pdf

From the annals of Canadian true crime, the story of The Black Donnellys massacre Ancient feuds, bloody conspiracy, gruesome murder, and bitter controversy--all shrouded in a seemingly impenetrable cloak of mystery. This is the tale of "The Black Donnellys"--a notorious family of Irish settlers who were viciously attacked while they slept in their Lucan, Ontario farmhouse on February 4, 1880. Here, in this definitive account of this sordid episode in Canadian history, first published in 1962 and continuously in print since then, author Orlo Miller sets out to separate fact from fiction, and legend from reality, to bring us the truth behind the Donnelly murders. Combining exhaustive research based on contemporary newspaper accounts, court records and personal diaries, with personal insights and dramatic re-creations, Miller's chilling revelations shed new light on this infamous case in the annals of Canadian crime. You will be taken on a journey of terrible bloodlust, unbending loyalties, and fatal revenge in the re-telling of an event whose infamy still lives in popular culture today.

Author : James Reaney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:248170635

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Listen to the Wind by James Reaney Pdf

Author : Sara Jeannette Duncan
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551115405

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The Imperialist by Sara Jeannette Duncan Pdf

Set in the fictional Ontario town of Elgin at the beginning of the twentieth century, this 1904 novel was in its own time addressed largely to British readers. It has since become a Canadian classic, beloved for its ironic and dryly humorous portrait of small-town life. But The Imperialist is also a fascinating representation of race, gender, and nationalism in Britain’s “settler colonies.” This Broadview edition provides a wealth of contextual material invaluable to understanding the novel’s historical context, and particularly the debate, central to the story, over Edwardian Canada’s role in the British Empire. This edition includes a critical introduction and, in the appendices, excerpts from Sara Jeannette Duncan’s journalism and autobiographical sketches (including an essay on “North American Indians”), speeches by Canadian and British politicians, political cartoons, and recipes for the dishes served at the novel’s social gatherings. Contemporary reviews of the novel from British, Canadian, and American periodicals are also included.