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Earle Birney Quotes
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 The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human...


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Birney, (Alfred) Earle
100 words, approx. 1 pages (born May 13, 1904, Calgary, Alta., Northwest Territories [Canada]—died Sept. 3, 1995, Toronto, Ont.) Canadian poet and educator. Birney received a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and brought out his first collection of poetry, David (1942,...
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Earle Birney Information
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 Earle Alfred Birney, OC , Ph.D , FRSC (13 May 1904 – 3 September 1995) was a distinguished Canadian poet and twice winner of the Governor General's Award for Literature (for David and Other Poems, 1942, and for Now Is Time, 1945). Born in Calgary,...



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 Sunday News Lancaster, PA
Birney-Ross
09/11/2005: 168 words, approx. 1 pages Mr. and Mrs. Terryll Keith Tendle of St. Paul, Minn., and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walshe Birney of Los Angeles, Calif., announce the marriage of their daughter, Anna Nyamwela Birney, to Mr. Tobias Herbert Ross on Saturday, September 10 in St. Paul. The bride...
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 Philadelphia Tribune, The
Birney Elementary is 'reading' its students in the right direction
02/04/2003: 1,851 words, approx. 6 pages McCoy, Lezlie B. Philadelphia Tribune, The 02-04-2003 General Davis B. Birney Elementary School is an educational establishment that has a strong reading emphasis. And the fruits of this staff's initiative is shown when you witness the reading comprehension of their young people. ...



Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Les McLeod
9,800 words, approx. 33 pages
 In the following essay, McLeod traces Birney's literary treatment of the conflicting themes of irony and affirmation, starting with an examination of the poet's doctoral dissertation, “Chaucer's Irony.”
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Critical Essay by J. B. Zenchuk
9,564 words, approx. 32 pages
 In the following essay, Zenchuk traces the introduction and development of Birney's concrete poetry, which combined text and visual elements in ways that were unconventional at the time Birney began experimenting with them.
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Critical Essay by Peter Aichinger
9,186 words, approx. 31 pages
 In the following essay, Aichinger addresses the influence of Birney's extensive travels, political allegiances, and global perspectives on his development as a Canadian poet.


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