The Bull Calf and Other Poems
by LAYTON, Irving
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Contact Press, 1956. First Edition. Softcover. Good +. 49 p. 21 cm. Paperback with small tears to spine ends, dampstains and light soiling to covers. Signed by poet on front endpaper.
From The Bull Calf, a moving plea for animal rights, to Earth Goddess, a tribute to Marilyn Monroe, Irving Layton continues to startle readers with his non-conformity. This collection includes On Seeing the Statuettes of Ezekiel and Jeremiah in the Church of Notre Dame, in which the poet resents Hebrew prophets being represented in a French-Canadian Catholic Church. Layton creates controversy to this very day, with some approving of his "tell it like it is" style and others disliking what they interpret as narrowness and intolerance.
From The Bull Calf, a moving plea for animal rights, to Earth Goddess, a tribute to Marilyn Monroe, Irving Layton continues to startle readers with his non-conformity. This collection includes On Seeing the Statuettes of Ezekiel and Jeremiah in the Church of Notre Dame, in which the poet resents Hebrew prophets being represented in a French-Canadian Catholic Church. Layton creates controversy to this very day, with some approving of his "tell it like it is" style and others disliking what they interpret as narrowness and intolerance.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121597
- Title
- The Bull Calf and Other Poems
- Author
- LAYTON, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Contact Press
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Poetry, Canadian literature, Animal rights, Earth Goddess, Ezekiel and Jeremiah
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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