{"product_id":"the-house-of-charlemagne-tim-lilburn-9780889775305","title":"The House of Charlemagne","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poem that charts the history of a Canadian settler's utopian vision of a polyglot Métis nation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLouis Riel prophesied that a polyglot Métis nation would rise on the prairies five hundred years after his death, and that it would be called by the \"joyous name\" of the House of Charlemagne. This new polity would be built on the principles of Riel's Massinahican, a radical philosophical system which now survives only in fragments. Its hallmarks would be justice, ontological accord, and the blurring of all separations dividing women and men, the earth and human beings. \u003ci\u003eThe House of Charlemagne\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the birth of this ideal nation in the burning imagination of the young settler Henry Jackson, who took the name Honoré Jaxon after his encounter with Riel's vision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCommissioned by Edward Poitras as a text for dancers, Tim Lilburn's poem gives voice and body to Riel's prescient metaphysics. As the Jury citation said of his Governor General's Award winning \u003ci\u003eKill-Site, \u003c\/i\u003e \"Lilburn's work is richly figurative, but firmly rooted in colloquial speech. He is not only a virtuoso at the linguistic level, taking risks with metaphor and line, but also steeped in a metaphysics of place.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Lilburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889775303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889775305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Regina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Tim Lilburn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926777037055,"sku":"9780889775305","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5884df7f-5ae8-4f61-a365-d6db1e13683a.jpg?v=1681084948","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-house-of-charlemagne-tim-lilburn-9780889775305","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}