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Frank Davey is professor of English at the University of Western Ontario.

Comprende il nome: Frank Davey

Opere di Frank Davey

Karla's Web (1994) 9 copie
How Linda Died (2002) 7 copie
Reading Kim Right (1993) 4 copie
Back to the War (2005) 3 copie
Weeds (1970) 2 copie
Arcana (1973) 2 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1940-04-19
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
Canada
Luogo di residenza
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Strathroy, Ontario, Canada
Istruzione
University of British Columbia
University of Southern California
Breve biografia
Frankland Wilmot Davey (born April 19, 1940) is a Canadian poet and scholar.

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This is a good biography and piece of cultural history, but for several reasons I found it a depressing read. The survival strategies of an avant-garde poet reduced to writing scripts for Canadian kiddie TV are simply not that uplifting. Accounts of infighting among the members of a dippy psycho-therapeutic commune (Therafields) are not much more inspiring. And the specimens of bpNichol's writing given here are frankly disappointing, and project a "You kind of had to be there" vibe. When a writer does not come across as particularly talented in his own biography, a sympathetic one at that, well that's telling.… (altro)
 
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PatrickMurtha | Feb 7, 2016 |

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Statistiche

Opere
39
Utenti
99
Popolarità
#191,538
Voto
½ 3.3
Recensioni
1
ISBN
35

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