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Margaret Avison

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Biography

Name: Margaret Avison
Variant Name: Margaret (Kirkland) Avison
Birth Date: April 23, 1918
Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Female

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Biography of Margaret Avison
4,678 words, approx. 16 pages
Margaret Avison has always been a relatively unknown poet, except among readers and critics of Canadian verse. Since 1966, critical essays on her work have increased, but the verbal and imaginative complexities of her poems have not won over many...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Margaret Avison Information
834 words, approx. 3 pages
Margaret Avison, OC (April 23 1918 – July 31 2007) was a Canadian poet.[1] Avison was born in Galt, Ontario. She attended Victoria College and the University of Toronto. Aside from her poetry, she also worked as a librarian, editor, social worker,...


News and Journals
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Presbyterian Record
O-be-joyful fiesta: remembering Margaret Avison.(SPOTLIGHT)
10/01/2007: 423 words, approx. 1 pages
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MARGARET AVISON, a much-celebrated Canadian poet described as "one of the great religious poets" of the 20th century--and who spent a while sojourning among Presbyterians at Knox, Spadina, Toronto, from the 1960s to the 1990s--passed away at age 89 on July...
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Presbyterian Record
A 'spirit of disorderly love': Margaret Avison's poetry doesn't shy away from God questions.
10/01/2003: 1,116 words, approx. 4 pages
Well-known poet and Presbyterian Margaret Avison was this year's Canadian winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize. The $40,000 award makes it the richest poetry prize in the world. The international winner of an equal amount was Paul Muldoon. The judges described Ms. Avison's...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Margaret Calverley
8,287 words, approx. 28 pages
In the essay below, Calverley argues that "Snow," "Tennis," "Unbroken Lineage," and "Butterfly Bones" form a sonnet sequence and that Avison's purpose is a celebration of "the liberating force of traditional patterns."
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Critical Essay by Margaret Calverley
6,286 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Calverly provides a detailed reading of "Dispersed Titles."
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Critical Essay by William H. New
6,168 words, approx. 21 pages
New is a Canadian educator, critic, and poet. In the essay below, he discusses theme and style in Avison's poetry, focusing on ambiguity, identity, sense, and perception.
 


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