{"product_id":"plans-deranged-by-time-the-poetry-of-george-fetherling-paperback","title":"Plans Deranged by Time: The Poetry of George Fetherling - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Fetherling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eA. F. Moritz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Toronto Star called him a legendary figure in Canadian writing, and indeed George Fetherling has been prolific in many genres: poetry, history, travel narrative, memoir, and cultural studies. Plans Deranged by Time is a representative selection from many of the twelve poetry collections he has published since the late 1960s. Like his novels and other fiction, many of these poems are anchored in a sense of place-often a very urban one. Filled with aphorism and sharp observation, the poems are spare of line and metaphor; they display a kind of elegant realism: loading docks, back doors of restaurants, doughnut shops with karate schools upstairs. In the introduction, A.F. Moritz places Fetherling in the modern picaresque tradition in the aftermath of Eliot and Pound, highlighting his characteristic speaker as an itinerant cosmopolitan outsider, a kind of flâneur, impoverished and keenly observant, writing from a position of \"communion-in-isolation.\" He contrasts Fetherling's contemplative intellectualism with that of the public intellectual and highlights this outsider's fellow-feeling, making the poems indirectly political. Fetherling's afterword is an anecdote-anchored exploration of what the poet sees as his two central approaches-\"the desire to create new codes of hearing\" and \"writing-to-heal\"-and how they are reflected in the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Fetherling\u003c\/b\u003e has been writing and publishing for more than forty-five years. One of his most popular works is \u003ci\u003eTravels by Night: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, which recreates leading personalities and events in the fabled Canadian cultural renaissance of 1965-75. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eThe Sylvia Hotel Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eWalt Whitman's Secret\u003c\/i\u003e, both published in 2010. Fetherling is also a visual artist. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA.F. Moritz\u003c\/b\u003e has published more than twenty collections of poetry as well as important works of literary history and numerous translations of Latin American verse. A leading figure in the literary life of Canada, he has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a major award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Two of his most recent works have reaffirmed his reputation: \u003ci\u003eNight Street Repairs\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) received the ReLit Award and \u003ci\u003eThe Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) won both the Bess Hokin Prize from \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and the Griffin Poetry Prize. He teaches at the University of Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.7 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344356008243,"sku":"9781554586318","price":34.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NHUR9jV0gI9781554586318.webp?v=1778725164","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/plans-deranged-by-time-the-poetry-of-george-fetherling-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}