Notebooks: Selections from the A.M. Klein Papers (Collected Works of A.M. Klein)University of Toronto Press, 15 դեկ, 1995 թ. - 290 էջ Much of A.M. Klein's finest prose is to be found in the mass of uncompleted work that he abandoned at the time of his breakdown, and that became accessible only when his papers were deposited in the National Archives. Notebooks offers a generous selection of this work, revealing previously unsuspected facets of Klein's character and artistry. The fiction, criticism, and memoirs collected here focus on Klein's exploration of the role of the artist. The works illuminate crucial periods of his career, especially the early 1940s, when he was transforming himself into a modernist, and the early 1950s, when he was struggling to overcome the misgivings about his art that were to lead to his final breakdown. The semi-autobiographical text which Klein referred to as 'Raw Material' and the unfinished novel of prison life entitled 'Stranger and Afraid' cast a new light on Klein's often frustrating relationship with the Montreal Jewish community. In 'Marginalia' he discusses poetic form and technique and makes observations on the nature of poetry, thereby providing insights into his own concerns as a writer. In 'The Golem,' a profoundly ambiguous treatment of the act of creation, a self-portrait emerges of a storyteller who has lost faith in the power and value of his story. The volume includes a critical introduction, that places the material in the context of Klein's other works, as well as textual and explanatory notes. |
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... courses on forms and techniques of poetry, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature, and modern British and ... course on modern British poetry. Along with 'Portrait of the Poet as Landscape,' which had been published a year ...
... course, is not to underestimate the influence and the impact of the purely physical even upon the most spiritual of biographies. I, indeed, should be the last one to hold such a view. A toothache, to speak of the lesser inconveniences ...
... course, it depends who's travelling. The earliest dateable text in 'Raw Material,' and the most clearly autobiographical, is a 'diary, journal of the mind,' which, although probably fictionalized (see textual notes), corresponds quite ...
... course, are easy. Bandages and crutches are in themselves a diagnosis. But the others present much greater difficulty, and to me are practically inscrutable. The man opposite me with the lean face and the sallow complexion may be ...
... course, although I did find it difficult to believe that all beautiful tangibles were under his anathema. Indeed, in after days, as my numbered senses flowered, they, I thought, were the five fingers to extend to God. And now I was ...
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Diary 1945 | |
The Contemporary Poet | |
The Art of | |
Untitled Novel | |
The Golem | |
Selected Notes and Fragments | |
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Notebooks: Selections from the A. M. Klein Papers A. M. Klein,Usher Caplan,Zailig Pollock Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2015 |