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In his sixties, Yeats published the half-dozen poems that drew
Crazy Jane out from his imagination to act as a profane voice
against the strictures of the Church and the mores of his age.
Wayne Clifford, in his sixties, after a lifetime of wondering why
Yeats offered so little explanation of Jane's human presence absorb
his own imagination, has let Jane free to speak once more. In Jane
Again, we learn why Jane is crazy, if indeed she is, what part her
Jack has played in her passion, how she understands the nature of
the divine, and who she insists herself to be in this world almost
large enough to hold her. Wayne Clifford's Jane Again is bawdy,
irreverent and humorous; it is also loving, moving and beautiful,
and should help to cement Clifford's reputation as one of the most
inventive versifiers to come out of Canada in years.
Poetry. The value of THESEUS is as much about its pedigree as the
writing itself. The collaboration for this new book began in the
autumn of 1966. bpNichol and Wayne Clifford had worked together
early in their literary careers; in fact, Clifford had been the
editor of Nichol's first trade book, published with Coach House
Press. To begin, Nichol had also wanted to include two West Coast
poets in the writing process. This didn't work out, so Nichol and
Clifford rewrote a section to produce Part One of the present text.
Part Two was composed over many years of revisiting and revising.
These long gestation periods allowed the writers the space and time
to re/consider, knowing the text would always be there to augment.
After Nichol's death, Clifford completed the work, adding Part
Three--composed of elements of Nichol's MARTYROLOGY--as a means of
tribute, eulogy, acceptance and lie. Thematically, the text focuses
on the Theseus-Ariadne-Minotaur cycle: in Part One, the authors
were young enough to "re=verb=erate" when struck with the myth;
Part Two allowed Nichol and Clifford the space to step back in
order to devise a way to say 'love' more acutely; finally, Part
Three presents a stunning example of one man's grief for a lost
friend and collaborator. All told, THESEUS is an important text
that, published here for the first time, adds considerable gravitas
to Nichol's poetic legacy, and the unique partnership between the
two authors allows Nichol's words to be extended beyond the grave.
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