Selected poems of E. J. Pratt

• Main Author: Pratt, E. J. (Edwin John), 1882-1964
• Other Authors: Buitenhuis, Peter
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Macmillan 1968
• Subjects: Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/111138

Edited and with an introduction, bibliography, and notes by Peter Buitenhuis Edwin John Pratt - chronology -- Introduction / Peter Buitenhuis -- Part one: poems chiefly lyrical. Newfoundland verse (1923. Newfoundland -- The Shark -- Carlo -- Come not the seasons here -- The iron door, an ode (1927) -- Many moods (1932). The way to Cape Race -- The man and the machine -- From stone to steel -- The highway -- Frost -- The drag-irons -- The depression ends -- The fable of the goats and other poems (1937). The prize cat -- Like mother, like daughter -- The mirage -- Silences -- Still life and other verse (1943). The stoics -- Come away, death -- The dying eagle -- The truant -- The deed -- Part two: narrative poems. Titans (1926). The Cachalot -- The Titanic (1935) -- Brébeuf and his brethren (1940) -- Behind the log (1947) -- Towards the last spike (1952 - abridged) -- Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210)