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George Elliott Clarke

George Elliott Clarke is a revered artist in song, drama, fiction, screenplay, essays and poetry. His publications include titles in Braille, Chinese, Italian, and Romanian. The inaugural E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto, Clarke has taught at Duke, McGill, the University of British Columbia, and Harvard. His recognitions include the Bellagio Center Fellowship (US), the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellows Prize, the Governor-General’s Award for Poetry, the National Magazine Gold Award for Poetry, the Premiul Poesis (Romania), the Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction, the Eric Hoffer Book Award for Poetry (US), Encyclopedic Poetry School: International Fellow (China), and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award.

[ Large Image ]	The Merchant of Venice (Retried) George Elliott Clarke 2017 / Poetry / $19.95 9781554471713 / Trade paper / 64 pp Whether you’ve encountered his celebrated verse-dramas (such as Whylah Falls or Québécité) or the lush, animated language of his poetry, it is not difficult to recognize George Elliott Clarke’s affinity for the genius of William Shakespeare. In this new work, Clarke borrows brazenly from and rewrites (The Bard’s very own working method) one of Shakespeare’s most contentious comedies, The Merchant of Venice, reinvigorating a play that on many points seems “retrograde politically and retarding dramatically”. The result is a spectacle of swinging lyricism that casts Jewish Shylock not as the villain, but as the victim of the ingrained bigotry of the Venetian State. To purchase this title: Add it to your cart
	Other Books by this Author
	White George Elliott Clarke 2021 / Canadian Poetry / $29.95 CAN 9781554472307 / Trade paper / 256 pp
	Gold George Elliott Clarke 2016 / Poetry / $21.95 CAN 9781554471577 / Trade paper / 160 pp
	Black George Elliott Clarke 2012 / Poetry / $21.95 CAN 9781554471034 / Trade paper / 152 pp
	Blue George Elliott Clarke 2011 / Poetry / $21.95 CAN 9781554470990 / Trade paper / 176 pp
	Red George Elliott Clarke 2011 / Poetry / $19.95 CAN 9781554470983 / Trade paper / 160 pp
	Whylah Falls George Elliott Clarke 2010 / Poetry / $21.95 CAN 9781554470952 / Trade paper / 208 pp
	Execution Poems George Elliott Clarke 2009 / Poetry / $14.95 CAN 9781554470815 / Trade paper / 48 pp
	Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path George Elliott Clarke 2007 / Poetry / $21.95 CAN 9781554470372 / Trade paper / 128 pp
	Québécité George Elliott Clarke 2003 / Poetry / $39.95 CAN 9781894031752 / Fine / 112 pp
	Québécité George Elliott Clarke 2003 / Poetry / $18.95 CAN 9781894031745 / Trade paper / 112 pp
	Africadian History: An Exhibition Catalogue George Elliott Clarke 2001 / Poetry / $4.95 CAN 9781894031523 / Pamphlet / 16 pp
	Execution Poems George Elliott Clarke 2001 / Poetry / $12.95 CAN 9781894031486 / Trade paper / 48 pp