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" Intricate preparations : "
edited by Stephen Scobie.
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BL
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1037148
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b791518
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Intricate preparations : : writing Leonard Cohen /\ edited by Stephen Scobie.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto [Ont.] :: ECW Press,, ©2000.
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1 online resource (262 pages) :: illustrations, portraits
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| ISBN
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1554904331
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1281924164
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1550224336
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9781281924162
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9781550224337
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Cover; Table of Contents; Counterpoint Leonard Cohen; Introduction; On First Looking into Leonard Cohen; Balanced on Wooden Stilts and Dancing: What Irving Layton Taught Me about Leonard Cohen; Beautiful Losers: Leonard Cohen's Postcolonial Novel; "Nightmares of Identity": Nationalism and Loss in Beautiful Losers; Letter; "There is a crack in everything": Preservation, Fortification, and Destruction in The Favourite Game; "Not My Real Face": Corporeal Grammar in The Favourite Game; The Voice of Trust in Leonard Cohen; "So Long, Marianne"; Poem.
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A new collection of essays reflects the scope and reach of Leonard Cohen's influence. Leonard Cohen is a singer who hasn't issued a new album in seven years, a poet who hasn't published a new book for 16 years, and a novelist who hasn't written a new novel for 34 years. Yet he remains a vital presence not only in Canadian literature, but also on the international stage, including the one provided by the internet. This new collection, edited by Stephen Scobie, reflects the scope and reach of Leonard Cohen's influence. It ranges from academic essays that consider the treatment of the Holocaust in Cohen's poetry, aspects of personal and national identity in his novels, and the theoretical problems of performance in his songs, to less formal discussions such as an internet newsgroup thread on "Closing Time" and a description of fan reactions to his concert performances in Germany. Several writers pay tribute to Cohen by contributing poems that "translate" his work into new idioms. The book also includes two new poems by Cohen himself. Intricate Preparations is fully international in scope, with contributions coming from Australia, Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Norway, and Finland, as well as Canada - including something from the Governor-General herself.
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Cohen, Leonard,1934-2016-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Cohen, Leonard,1934-Critique et interprétation.
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Cohen, Leonard,1934-2016
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Canadian poetry (English)-- 20th century.
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MUSIC-- General.
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POETRY-- American-- General.
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Receptie.
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| Dewey Classification
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C811/.54
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PR9199.3.C57Z7 2000eb
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Scobie, Stephen,1943-
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| Parallel Title
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Writing Leonard Cohen
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