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Conversations with Trotsky: Earle Birney and the Radical 1930s (Canadian Literature Collection)
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Description for Conversations with Trotsky: Earle Birney and the Radical 1930s (Canadian Literature Collection)
Paperback. Conversations with Trotsky provides a unique insight into Canadian Trotskyism during the Radical 1930s through an original collection of Birney's work. Editor(s): Nesbitt, Bruce. Series: Canadian Literature Collection. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140. .
This collection presents all of Earle Birney's known published and unpublished writings on Trotsky and Trotskyism for the very first time. It includes their correspondence as well as a selection of Birney's letters and literary writings. Before he became one of Canada's most influential and popular twentiethcentury poets, Earle Birney lived a double life. To his students and colleagues, he was an engaging university lecturer and scholar. But for seven years-from 1933 to 1940-the great Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was the focus of his writing and much of his life. During his years as a Trotskyist in Canada, the United ... Read more
This collection presents all of Earle Birney's known published and unpublished writings on Trotsky and Trotskyism for the very first time. It includes their correspondence as well as a selection of Birney's letters and literary writings. Before he became one of Canada's most influential and popular twentiethcentury poets, Earle Birney lived a double life. To his students and colleagues, he was an engaging university lecturer and scholar. But for seven years-from 1933 to 1940-the great Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was the focus of his writing and much of his life. During his years as a Trotskyist in Canada, the United ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Canadian Literature Collection
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Ottawa, Canada
ISBN
9780776624631
SKU
V9780776624631
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About Birney
Bruce Nesbitt knew Earle Birney for more than 25 years. Dr. Nesbitt was a professor of English for nearly two decades at Simon Fraser University (where he served as Director of Canadian Studies) and at the University of Ottawa, specializing in Canadian and Commonwealth literature. Since 1985 he has been a professional writer, editor and speech writer in Ottawa ... Read more
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