{"product_id":"a-world-of-songs-selected-poems-1894-1921-hardback-9781487505097","title":"A World of Songs; Selected Poems, 1894-1921 (Hardback) 9781487505097","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA World of Songs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelected Poems, 1894-1921\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eL.M. Montgomery (Author), Benjamin Lefebvre (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487505097\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 January 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The collection of fifty poems published over a twenty-five-year period, beginning in 1894 with the first, is not only the second volume in The L.M. Montgomery Library but a step in a major reconsideration of her poetry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Anne Burke (Prairie Journal)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated as a novelist and made famous by her novel \u003cem\u003eAnne of Green Gables \u003c\/em\u003eand its sequels, L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942) is far less known for also writing and publishing hundreds of poems over a period of half a century.Although this output included a chapbook and a full-length collection in which she presented herself primarily as a nature poet, most of her poems appeared in periodicals, including women\u0026amp;#x2019;s magazines, farm papers, faith-based periodicals, daily and weekly newspapers, and magazines for children. As a shrewd businesswoman, she learned to find the balance between literary quality and commercial saleability and continued to publish poetry even though it paid less than short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921\u003c\/em\u003e, the second volume in The L.M. Montgomery Library, gathers a selection of fifty poems originally published across a twenty-five-year period. Benjamin Lefebvre organizes this work within the context of Montgomery\u0026amp;#x2019;s life and career, claiming her not only as a nature poet but also as the author of a wider range of \"songs\": of place, of memory, of lamentation, of war, of land and sea, of death, and of love. Many of these poems echo motifs that readers of Montgomery\u0026amp;#x2019;s novels will recognize, and many more explore surprising perspectives through the use of male speakers. These poems offer today\u0026amp;#x2019;s readers a new facet of the career of Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s most enduringly popular author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Author\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverture\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe Gable Window\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrelude\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe Poet\u0026amp;#x2019;s Thought\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSongs of Place\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn Lovers\u0026amp;#x2019; Lane\u003cbr\u003eThe Fir Lane\u003cbr\u003eIn an Old Garden\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Home Calls\u003cbr\u003eThe Exile\u003cbr\u003eThe Summons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSongs of Memory\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThree Days\u003cbr\u003eCompanioned\u003cbr\u003eDo You Remember?\u003cbr\u003eMemory Pictures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterlude\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe Singer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSongs of Lamentation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIrrevocable\u003cbr\u003eI Would Be Well\u003cbr\u003eNight Watches\u003cbr\u003eIf I Had Known\u003cbr\u003eThe Book\u003cbr\u003eLonging\u003cbr\u003eThe Mother\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSongs of War\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe Last Prayer\u003cbr\u003eThe Three Songs\u003cbr\u003eWe Who Wait\u003cbr\u003eOur Women\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterlude\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eOne of the Shepherds\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSongs of Land and Sea\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWhen the Fishing Boats Go Out\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Fishing Boats Come In\u003cbr\u003eRain in the Woods\u003cbr\u003eMy Pictures\u003cbr\u003eThe Wind in the Poplars\u003cbr\u003eThe Sea-Shell\u003cbr\u003eBefore Storm\u003cbr\u003eA Shore Picture\u003cbr\u003eThe Sea to the Shore\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSongs of Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eToo Late\u003cbr\u003eI Have Buried My Dead\u003cbr\u003eOmega\u003cbr\u003eAn Old Man\u0026amp;#x2019;s Grave\u003cbr\u003eThe Treasures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSongs of Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIf Love Should Come\u003cbr\u003eAssurance\u003cbr\u003eThe Gray Silk Gown\u003cbr\u003eOn the Bridge\u003cbr\u003eGratitude\u003cbr\u003eWith Tears They Buried You To-day\u003cbr\u003eForever\u003cbr\u003eTo One Hated\u003cbr\u003eThe Lover\u0026amp;#x2019;s Catechism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePostlude\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe Poet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoda\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWhat I Would Ask of Life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex by Title\u003cbr\u003eIndex by Date\u003cbr\u003eIndex by First Line\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595470008600,"sku":"9781487505097","price":37.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-world-of-songs-selected-poems-1894-1921-hardback-9781487505097","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}