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Paper
Trombones:
Notes on Poetics
MIKE DOYLE
In Paper Trombones
poet and scholar Mike Doyle shares musings on poetry – his
own and others’ – drawn from informal journal notes
of the past thirty years. Born in London of Irish descent, Doyle
lived in New Zealand before moving to Victoria, BC. As a poet
and academic on three continents, Doyle recalls fascinating encounters
with prominent literary figures – from Ted Hughes and Sylvia
Plath to Basil Bunting, Anne Sexton, Robert Creeley, James Wright,
Robert Bly, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, George Woodcock and various
Canadian poets. With candid commentary on his wide reading in
poetry, philosophy and criticism, Mike Doyle is a personable guide
to the currents of contemporary literature. Pound, Williams, Stevens,
Modernism and the language and Black Mountain schools, are discussed,
as well as Keats, Coleridge and Hardy, both in terms of the writing
and the effect on Doyle’s poems. An accessible journey through
a personal landscape of poetry, Paper Trombones will
appeal to those interested in the art of poetry and the dialogue
on contemporary literature. The volume also includes some out
of print poems mentioned in the notes.
Mike Doyle, whose background
is Irish, grew up in London, England and has lived in Canada for
more than thirty years. He has written numerous books of poetry,
as well as books on William Carlos Williams and James T. Baxter,
a biography of Richard Aldington, plus critical essays on Williams,
Wallace Stevens, H.D. and others. His home is in Victoria, B.C.,
and he spends the winter in Mexico. |
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