Fornalutx: Selected Poems, 1928-1990

by Irving Layton

Book Overview

Brian Trehearne provides an lyric introduction that explores the "voices" and "vision" of Layton's poetry, particularly the present collection. " Fornalutx, ' the poem from which this volume takes its title, sets out the clash of joyful expectation and frustrated desire that lies at the heart of this late retrospective collection of the poems of Irving Layton ... The poem's bitter descent, with its rich epic overtones, may be taken as an emblem of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773509631
• ISBN13: 9780773509634
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"