Graffiti

By (author): Pierre DesRuisseaux

Translated by: Louis Dudek

In metaphor there is an implicit comparison, a higher form by which presence in this world is made manifest through language. Pierre DesRuisseaux . practises that ellipse of metaphor in which I like to see the primal symbol, polished by the poet to a glittering point of excellence…. Pierre DesRuisseaux’s work abounds in such triumphs. No one now dares to talk seriously of the universe…. It is by trusting to language – not childish language, but the language of childhood – and to the original state of the word that the poet intends to lay the foundation of his peaceable kingdom and restore the universe, giving it the appropriate form and rhythm for the truths he has to say, and, with convincing discipline, first capturing the reader’s attention, then inspiring fervour.

AUTHOR

Louis Dudek

Louis Dudek, born in Montreal, was educated both at McGill and Columbia University. In New York, as a young poet, he corresponded extensively with Ezra Pound. Back in Montreal, he joined the McGill faculty, where his lectures on literature became legendary. In combination with other key figures in the first and second waves of Canadian poetic modernism, he commenced many of the most important small magazines and literary presses of the mid-century. As a writer, critic, and cultural observer, his career has been dedicated to ongoing intellectual and artistic discussion. Justly identified as Canada’s premier man of letters, Dudek died in 2001.


AUTHOR

Pierre DesRuisseaux

Pierre DesRuisseaux, poet, editor, translator and authority on Quebec popular culture, is one of the most active proponents in the Quebec literary scene. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1945, he is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, non-fiction and fiction. His poetry collection Monème won the 1989 Governor-General?s Award. He is a frequent editorial and creative contributor to literary journals both inside and outside Quebec. He is also the author and researcher for many works devoted to current Quebec culture, including le Dictionnaire des expressions québécoises.


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The reader may question if its an eternity, posthumous as a religion experience, or a secular non-death…. Breathe deeply of the rarefied air…. Im uplifted.’ — Prairie Fire 2003 ‘In metaphor there is an implicit comparison, a higher form by which presence in this world is made manifest through language. Pierre DesRuisseaux practises that ellipse of metaphor in which I like to see the primal symbol, polished by the poet to a glittering point of excellence…. Pierre DesRuisseauxs work abounds in such triumphs.’ No one now dares to talk seriously of the universe…. It is by trusting to languagenot childish language, but the language of childhoodand to the original state of the word that the poet intends to lay the foundation of his peaceable kingdom and restore the universe, giving it the appropriate form and rhythm for the truths he has to say, and, with convincing discipline, first capturing the readers attention, then inspiring fervour.’ — Marc Vaillancourt


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Dimensions:

86 Pages
9in * 6in * 1in
1lb

Published:

November 15, 2002

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

DC Books

ISBN:

9780919688650

Book Subjects:

POETRY / General

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Language:

eng

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