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Shut Up He Explained

by John Metcalf
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John Metcalf's Shut Up He Explained defies expectations and strict definition. Part memoir, part travelogue, part criticism — wholly Metcalf — it is thoughtful, engaged, contentious and often very funny. It offers a full does of Metcalfian wisdom and wit, and provides ample evidence that neither age nor indifference nor attack have withered him: he remains as sharp, critical, constructive and insightful as ever. Indeed, this may just be his most important and engaged book. Certainly it will be among his most controversial. What his critics will refuse to see, of course, is that it is also among his most positive, that it is a celebration of the best literature Canada has to offer, the birth of which Metcalf himself both witnesses and actively encouraged. Shut Up He Explained is magisterial, a virtuoso performance melding several seemingly different strands into one coherent narrative, which should delight and entertain as it serves to argue, elucidate and celebrate.
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Publisher: Biblioasis

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  • Release date: September 15, 2007

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  • ISBN: 9781897231746
  • Release date: September 15, 2007

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  • ISBN: 9781897231746
  • File size: 5199 KB
  • Release date: September 15, 2007

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Essays Literary Criticism Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)

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John Metcalf's Shut Up He Explained defies expectations and strict definition. Part memoir, part travelogue, part criticism — wholly Metcalf — it is thoughtful, engaged, contentious and often very funny. It offers a full does of Metcalfian wisdom and wit, and provides ample evidence that neither age nor indifference nor attack have withered him: he remains as sharp, critical, constructive and insightful as ever. Indeed, this may just be his most important and engaged book. Certainly it will be among his most controversial. What his critics will refuse to see, of course, is that it is also among his most positive, that it is a celebration of the best literature Canada has to offer, the birth of which Metcalf himself both witnesses and actively encouraged. Shut Up He Explained is magisterial, a virtuoso performance melding several seemingly different strands into one coherent narrative, which should delight and entertain as it serves to argue, elucidate and celebrate.
Expand title description text
Essays Literary Criticism Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)
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    Publisher:
    Biblioasis

    Kindle Book
    Release date: September 15, 2007

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781897231746
    Release date: September 15, 2007

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781897231746
    File size: 5199 KB
    Release date: September 15, 2007

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English