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Alcyone

Alcyone

Lampman, Archibald

Paperback

General ArtGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 935484605X
ISBN13: 9789354846052
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Aug 17 2021
Pages: 116
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A quiet, luminous pulse threads through Alcyone, a poetry collection that turns the ordinary into enduring art. Archibald Lampman's lyric voice speaks to the heart of place and time, inviting readers to walk the fields, rivers, and skies of a shifting late nineteenth century Canada. This edition returns Lampman's refined musings to modern shelves: a concise, storied body of verse that blends precise observation with hushed wonder. The collection sits at the crossroads of mortality and time, where nature imagery poetry opens to larger truths about memory, endurance, and the land that shapes us. For poetry lovers and literature students alike, Alcyone offers a masterclass in craft, tone, and atmosphere; it rewards close reading and rewards re-reading, revealing layers of mood, sound, and metre. Historically, Lampman stands among the Confederation poets who helped found a distinctly Canadian voice in victorian poetry. Alcyone's re-emergence is a note of cultural restoration, preserving a crucial thread in Canada's literary tapestry and ensuring this Canadian poetry anthology remains accessible to new generations. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this is more than a reprint-it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Restored for today's and future generations, the volume invites casual readers to fall into a quiet landscape and ensnared scholars to linger and ponder. A timeless invitation to witness nature and inner life through a masterful Canadian lens.

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