{"product_id":"plans-deranged-by-time-the-poetry-of-george-fetherling-9781554586318","title":"Plans Deranged by Time: The Poetry of George Fetherling","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Toronto \u003ci\u003eStar\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003ePlans Deranged by Time\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eflâneur\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e``[Fetherling's] images are not simply precise and evocative; they are also witty.... Many of his poems tend toward aperçu or epigram. The reader is constantly surprised by an unexpected analogy. Moritz in his erudite and densely allusive introduction...bring[s] out those elements of Fetherling's critical self-examination that underlie his empathy for members of the similarly disillusioned wider community, and makes a good case for recommending Fetherling's poetry to the expanded audience it deserves.'' -- Event (Douglas College), 42.1, 201303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlans Deranged by Time: The Poetry of George Fetherling\u003c\/i\u003e, selected with an introduction by A.F. Moritz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword, \u003ci\u003eNeil Besner\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographical Note \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction, \u003ci\u003eA.F. Moritz\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlleycat \/ 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarry's New York Bar in Paris \/ 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBorder Catechism \u003ci\u003e(excerpts)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubroutine \/ 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dark Grid \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Six O'Clock News from Buffalo \/ 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoving towards the Vertical Horizon \u003ci\u003e(excerpts)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemorandum for the File \/ 12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre Texts \/ 13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRadio \/ 14\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAncient Beliefs \/ 16\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelegraphic Instructions \/ 18\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeginning with North \/ 19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe View Keeps Reminding Us of Flags \/ 20\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith the Name Goes Great Responsibility \/ 21\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpportunities for Redemption \/ 23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChinese Anthology \u003ci\u003e(excerpts)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ 24\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMother Goddess \/ 26\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArt Criticism \/ 27\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJuice \/ 29\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIce Ages \/ 30\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld Chinese Poem \/ 31\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBush Architecture \/ 32\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e0930 \/ 33\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter Two \u003ci\u003e(excerpt)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ 34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSinger, An Elegy \u003ci\u003e(excerpts)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ 35\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Signs of Wartime Spring \/ 50\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNavigating Chinatown \/ 52\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConfusion of Themes Not of Motives \/ 53\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMappamundi \/ 54\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostdated \/ 56\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword, \u003ci\u003eGeorge Fetherling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188669505879,"sku":"9781554586318","price":21.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/plans-deranged-by-time-the-poetry-of-george-fetherling-9781554586318","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}