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E.J. Pratt: The Truant Years 1882–1927
ISBN: 9781487579982
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Toronto Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Pratt E. J. (Edwin John) 1882-1964 -- Biography; Poets Canadian (English) -- 20th century -- Biography;

E.J. Pratt (1882-1964) is generally recognized as the leading Canadian poet of his generation. Moreover, as Marshall McLuhan observed in 1958, Pratt was, in his personal and social life, 'a one-man creator of a climate for the arts and letters in Canada.' The Truant Years covers the first forty-five years of a full and eventful life.

David G. Pitt is emeritus professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Memorial University of Newfoundland.