{"product_id":"the-half-lives-of-pat-lowther","title":"The 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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wealth of previously uncollected and unpublished letters, notebook entries, court documents, interviews, and archival materials illuminate Pat Lowther's manifold achievements in her domestic, political, and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\n","brand":"By Christine Wiesenthal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43576642502838,"sku":"9780802094803","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780802094803.jpg?v=1727459112","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-half-lives-of-pat-lowther","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}