INVENTORY #129661
The Red Heart
REANEY, James
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James Reaney was an influential Canadian poet and playwright whose works transform small-town Ontario into the realm of dream and symbol. Almost all his poems, stories, and plays are articulations of where he grew up in and around Stratford. At a young age he was interested in theatre and created a puppet show for children while in his early teens; this may explain "The Autobiography of a Marionette" (p. 40). Yet the theme of this collection is death and the futility of life; even an unborn child is travelling to the grave with its mother's heart ticking, measuring the time in "Dark Lagoon" (p. 38). But for a truly macabre experience, read "The Coffins" (p. 60).
Publication Info
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
- Edition: First Edition
- Date Published: 1949
- Place Published: Toronto
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Fine
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: Yes
- Jacket Condition: Poor
- Details:
Indian File: 3. 73 p. 21 cm. Black cloth spine with patterned paper boards. Top edge purple. In mylar-covered dustjacket with section missing from rear panel. Chips and tears to edges and spine end of jacket and dampstains to top corners.