Synopses & Reviews
Previously collected, uncollected, and unpublished poems of Canadian modernist poet Annie Wilkinson are included in this compendium of her work. The textual notes accompanying each poem document changes in successive drafts to illuminate the development and refinement of her original ideas.
Review
“Poised, spare, delicate, poignant, Anne Wilkinson's verse reveals a rare poetic sensibility.” —Harold Pinter, author,
Betrayal and
The Caretaker and the DumbwaiterSynopsis
Editor Dean Irvine provides an informative introduction to Wilkinson's poetry, and an extensive section of textual notes which apply current editorial theories to establish a "genetic text" of Wilkinson's complete poems. Designed to interest general readers, scholars, and editors alike.
About the Author
Anne Wilkinson is the author of
Counterpoint to Sleep and
The Hangman Ties the Holly.
Dean Irvine is a professor at Dalhousie University. He is the editor of
Archive for Our Times: Previously Uncollected and Unpublished Poems of Dorothy Livesay. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.