{"product_id":"saul-and-selected-poems-charles-heavysege-9780802062628","title":"Saul and Selected Poems: Including Excerpts from Jephthah's Daughter and Jezebel: A Poem in Three Cantos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaul and Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e is an original and useful introduction to the work and poetic personality of Charles Heavysege (1816-76), an important but currently neglected nineteenth-century Canadian writer. Heavysege was handicapped by a limited education and a lack of public support, yet nonetheless established himself in Great Britain and America as the 'leading intellect of [the] Dominion' in a period when native literature was scantily regarded. His struggle to express himself and to find an audience for his work mirrors the dilemma of the émigré writer of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeavysege's work is related in this volume to the early nineteenth-century English revival of poetic drama, and seen in the context of the Canadian cultural milieu of the 1860s. Saul is a powerful presentation of the tormented soul caught in a world of order and universal degree. Its main interest is to be found in the psychological frankness - Saul's recognition of his demon resonates with the deeper implication of the recognition of the \u003cem\u003edöppelgänger\u003c\/em\u003e - and in passages of sinewy verse written with a directness that anticipates E.J. Pratt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text of \u003cem\u003eSaul \u003c\/em\u003eand 'Jezebel, ' selections from Jephthah's Daughter, an original commentary on the major poems, a bibliography, and a review of Heavysege criticism are all included in this volume. (Literature of Canada 19)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Heavysege\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802062628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802062628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/1976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Charles Heavysege","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483709321471,"sku":"9780802062628","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_169c11ce-44a5-4bd8-a358-06e11246fd87.jpg?v=1778040146","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saul-and-selected-poems-charles-heavysege-9780802062628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}