Professor Finch here undertakes to isolate a certain group of poets, belonging to the first half of the eighteenth century, who may appropriately be calledindividualistes
FinchRobert:
Ro ert Finch (1900-1995), scholar, poet, painter, musician, and theatrical director, was professor of French in University College, University of Toronto. His poetry won the Governor-General's award twice, in 1946 an 1961. He received the Lorne Pierce medal in 1968. Among his other books areThe Sixth Sense: Individualism in French Poetry, 1686-1760,Acis in Oxford (both published by the University of Toronto Press), andSilverthorn Bush (1966). |
