Ragas of longing : the poetry of Michael Ondaatje

Ragas of longing : the poetry of Michael Ondaatje / Sam Solecki.

"In Ragas of Longing, Sam Solecki offers the first book-length study of Michael Ondaatje's poetry and its place within his overall body of work. Relating the poetry to various poetic traditions from classical Tamil to postmodern, Solecki presents a chronological critical reading of Ondaatj...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Solecki, Sam, 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Ondaatje, Michael, > 1943- > Criticism and interpretation.
Ondaatje, Michael, > 1943-
Ondaatje, Michael.
POETRY > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Lyrik
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: 'the slight silver key'
  • The dainty monsters: poetry of myth and evasion
  • Covers
  • The man with seven toes: point blank
  • Titles
  • Rat jelly: 'right to the end of an experience'
  • Epigraphs
  • There's a trick with a knife I'm learning to do: transition
  • Canon I
  • Secular love: it runs in the family
  • Canon II
  • Handwriting: the poetry of return
  • Last word: Ondaatje on poetry.

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