Nichol's The Martyrology has been acclaimed the most important long poem ever written in Canada. Based on extensive research of Nichol's manuscript collection at Simon Fraser University, Niechoda has been able to explain many of the obscure words and phrases in the first two books of The Martyrology. Any future reading of the poem will necessarily rely on Niechoda's illuminations.

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Demonstrates how McLuhan extended insights derived from advances in physics and artistic experimentation into a theory of acoustic space which he then used to challenge the assumptions of visual space that had been produced through print culture.

This work explores the circular relationship between notation and faith in bp Nichol's life-long poem, The Martyrology. Pun and paradox, the ability to believe simultaneously in apparently contradictory things, lie at the heart of Nichol's writing, which this work discusses. This work proposes pataphysics as a useful category for understanding Nichol's poetics.

Nichol's comics (1960-1980) informed his work in other genres as well as the work of other writers.