The Lover's Progress
by David Solway
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`David Solway opts for a bawdier approach to the lyric in The Lover's Progress. He models his lyric sequence on William Hogarth's famous series of paintings, The Rake's Progress (1733-35), and transports the rakish protagonist at the centre of Hogarth's narrative into the twenty-first century. Solway makes the rake a ``cruiser'' of bars, women, and philosophies, as well as a dabbler in poetry. Perpetually in motion, the lover travels from Canada to Greece and revisits many of Solway's show more favourite haunts.' show lessTags
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David Solway is the author of many award winning books of poetry and prose including Director's Cut, his critique of contemporary poetry; Reaching for Clear, awarded the 2006 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry; and Franklin's Passage, winner of the 2013 Grand Prix du Livre de Montral. He lives in Gananoque, Ontario.
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