The Collected Works of Pat Lowther

Book excerpt: With one of the most distinctive and ambitious voices of canada's growing literary scene of the 1970s, Pat Lowther has inspired ongoing critical discussion and debates. To date, these have taken place in the absence of a definitive text of her accomplished body of work. The Collected Works of Pat Lowther presents for the first time a comprehensive and chronologically accurate collection of Lowther's published and unpublished poetry. This collected works edition provides a valuable new resource for all readers of Canadian poetry. Book jacket.