{"product_id":"half-lives-of-pat-lowther","title":"Half-Lives of Pat Lowther","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince her untimely death in 1975, the life and work of the Vancouver poet Pat Lowther have often been referred to as 'the Lowther legacy.' In \u003ci\u003eThe Half-Lives of Pat Lowther\u003c\/i\u003e, Christine Wiesenthal seeks to convey what that legacy actually entails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining biography with an analysis of literary and cultural history, Wiesenthal examines the critical legacy of a writer whose remarkable life and poetry have remained overshadowed by her notorious death. Working within a new form of biography, which employs multiple narrative arcs - or 'half-lives' - that interpret Lowther's life and poetry within and across several interpretive frameworks, Wiesenthal retraces the influences on the public memory of the poet. She charts Lowther's complex creative evolution: from her modest beginnings as a high-school drop out and single mother, to her emergence as one of the most distinctive poetic voices of the seventies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wealth of previously uncollected and unpublished letters, notebook entries, court documents, interviews, and archival materials illuminate Pat Lowther's manifold achievements in her domestic, political, and intellectual lives. \u003ci\u003eThe Half-Lives of Pat Lowther\u003c\/i\u003e is the premier work on this remarkable figure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54251944706392,"sku":"9780802094803","price":47.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780802094803__67730f96b8d0d.jpg?v=1741160399","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/half-lives-of-pat-lowther","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}