Dennis Cooley

Craig McLuckie (Okanagan College); Alexis Ratz (Independent Scholar - North America)
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Edward Dorn writes in

Gunslinger

(1975) that:

To a poet all authority except his own is an expression of Evil and it is all external authority that he expiates this is the culmination of his traits

To a poet all authority except his own is an expression of Evil and it is all external authority that he expiates this is the culmination of his traits

The poetic and critical writing of Canadian Dennis Cooley has consistently resisted the idea of author(ity) and variations in language registers, font, typeface, and layout to increase the reader's critical engagement with his work.

The poetic and critical writing of Canadian Dennis Cooley has consistently resisted the idea of author(ity) and variations in language registers, font, typeface, and layout to increase the reader's critical…

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Citation: McLuckie, Craig, Alexis Ratz. "Dennis Cooley". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 September 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5685, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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