Watson Kirkconnell

Broschiertes Buch

Centennial Tales and Selected Poems

Beschreibung

The poems in this collection are framed about the history of Canada, and are written in honour of the nation's Centennial in 1967. This volume also contains some lyrics from Dr. Kirkconnell's light opera, The Mod at Grand Pré, and the whole of his Greek-style drama, Let My People Go.

Autor

Watson Kirkconnell (1895-1977) was an army officer, a professor emeritus of Latin and English, ninth president of Acadia University (1948-1964), a Milton scholar, author of many volumes of prose and poetry, historian, and genealogist. He was also the joint founder of the Federal Citizenship Branch (1940), the Humanities Research Council of Canada (1943) and the Baptist Federation of Canada (1944). In 1936 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 546
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 1965
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9781487592691
• ISBN-10: 1487592698
• Artikelnr.: 65604971