{"product_id":"post-glacial-robert-kroetsch-9781771124263","title":"Post-Glacial: The Poetry of Robert Kroetsch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePost-glacial\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of poems by Robert Kroetsch selected by his former student David Eso. The book features Kroetsch's iconic collection, \u003ci\u003eCompleted Field Notes, \u003c\/i\u003ealongside rare work gathered from different stages of Kroetsch's career. The book contains an afterword by Aritha van Herk. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKroetsch's poetry evolved from short lyric poetry in the 1960s to postmodern long poems in the 1970s and 80s. Kroetsch's work in the 1990s and 2000s was marked by the production of experimental chapbooks. Yet it is in the 2000s that Kroetsch's celebrated \u003ci\u003eThe Hornbooks of Rita K\u003c\/i\u003e and his final collection, \u003ci\u003eToo Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, were published. Post-glacial presents the material in a thematic arc that follows daily, seasonal, and biographical topics. The collection moves from moods of morning, spring, and youth to shades of darkness, winter, and mourning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the introduction, Eso charts Kroetsch's early attempts at poetry in his teenage and undergraduate years. Eso takes the title \u003ci\u003ePost-glacial\u003c\/i\u003e from the poem \"Lonesome Writer Diptych\" and proposes the term as an alternative to \"postmodernism,\" a term often used by critics to describe Kroetsch's work. \u003ci\u003ePost-glacial\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes the poet's interest in landscape, ecology, history, the presence of absence, and the endurance of a living past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Kroetsch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771124261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771124263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Robert Kroetsch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125344727295,"sku":"9781771124263","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f246b85-6440-4b2a-8652-9e98a1a00d95.jpg?v=1687442085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/post-glacial-robert-kroetsch-9781771124263","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}