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A. J. M. Smith (1902–1980)

Author of Seven Centuries of Verse, English and American: From the Early English Lyrics to the Present Day

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Includes the names: A.J.M. Smith, A.J.M. Smith ed., Ed. Arthur James Marshall Smith, A.J.M. Smith; Editor And Selection

Works by A. J. M. Smith

Seven Centuries of Verse, English and American: From the Early English Lyrics to the Present Day (1967) 138 copies

The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse (1960) 38 copies

Exploring Poetry (1973) 22 copies

The Book of Canadian Poetry: A Critical and Historical Anthology (1979) 12 copies

Short Story Study: A Critical Anthology (1961) 10 copies

Masks of poetry : Canadian critics on Canadian verse (1962) 9 copies

Masks of fiction : Canadian critics on Canadian prose (1961) 9 copies, 1 review

100 Poems (1977) — Editor — 8 copies

Modern Canadian verse in English and French (1968) 4 copies

On Poetry and Poets (New Canadian library ; no. 143) (1977) 3 copies

News of the Phoenix and Other Poems 3 copies

Essays for college writing (1965) 3 copies

Collected Poems 2 copies

Seven Centuries of Verse: English & American 2 copies

The voyageur essays & criticism 2-book bundle (2014) 2 copies

The Colonial Century - English-Canadian Writing Before Confederation Volume 1 2 copies

The classic shade: Selected poems (1978) 2 copies

The blasted pine : an anthology of satire, invective and disrespectful verse, chiefly by Canadian writers 1 copy

The Canadian Century: English-Canadian Writing Since Confederation (1973) 1 copy

The Canadian Experience: a Brief Survey of English-Canadian Prose 1 copy

The book of Canadian prose 1 copy

The worldly muse an anthology of serious light verse (1951) 1 copy

The Colonial Century - English-Canadian Writing Before Confederation Volume 1 (1973) 1 copy

AJM Smith Poems New & Collected 1 copy

The Complete Poems (2007) 1 copy

Seven Centuries of Verse, An Anthology of the Best English and American Poetry 1 copy

Seven centuries of verse, English & American: from the early English lyrics to the present day. 1 copy

Seven centuries of verse, English & American: from the early English lyrics to the present day. by Smith, A. J. M. (Editor) (1957) 1 copy

MASKS OF POETRY:CANADIAN CRITICS ON CANADIAN VERSE.Edited with intro by A.J.M.Smith (1962) 1 copy

Associated Works

The London Aphrodite (No. 5 April 1929) (1929) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Smith, Arthur James Marshall
Birthdate: 1902-11-08
Date of death: 1980-11-21
Gender: male
Education: McGill University
University of Edinburgh (PhD)
Occupations: poet
teacher
anthologist
Organizations: Montreal Group
Awards and honors: Lorne Pierce Medal (1966)
Nationality: Canada
Places of residence: Montréal, Québec, Canada (birth)
East Lansing, Michigan, USA (death)
Associated Place (for map): Canada

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Governor General's Literary Award

News of the Phoenix and Other Poems (Winner – Poetry or Drama – 1943)

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Members: 281
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Rating: 4.1

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ISBNs: 15

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