Colony and Confederation
Early Canadian Poets and Their Background
The selections in this survey of the narrative and lyric poets ofConfederation and the later nineteenth century have been chosen toremind readers of the distances and diversities involved as Canadiansstruggled toward nationhood. Along with essays on Sangster and Mair,the first poets consciously writing of the Canadian scene and theCanadian identity, there are individual studies of Crawford, Roberts,Lampman, Scott and Service.
Some of the authors analyse a single work in a poet's canon;others consider several themes or evaluate a poet's philosophicalor religious position. To these essays are added thee by Norman Newton,George Woodcock and Roy Daniells on the era of "highcolonialism".
The book contains ten pieces published in the journal CanadianLiterature over the last thirteen years and five new ones writtenspecifically to enhance this collection.
Contents
Note on the Text
Roy Daniells Introduction
Norman Newton Classical Canadian Poetry and the PublicMuse
George Woodcock The Journey of Discovery:Ninetennth-Century Narrative Poets
Roy Daniells High Colonialism in Canada
Donald Stephens Charles Sangster: The End of an Era
Norman Shrive Poet and Politics: Charles Mair at RedRiver
John B. Ower Isabella Valancy Crawford: "TheCanoe"
W. J. Keith A Choice of Worlds: God, Man and Nature inCharles G.D. Roberts
Barrie Davies Lampman and Religion
Sandra Djwa Lampman's Fleeting Vision
Bruce Nesbitt A Gift of Love: Lampman and Life
Gary Geddes Piper of Many Tunes: Duncan Campbell Scott
Glenys Stow The Wound under the Feathers: Scott'sDiscontinuities
Donald Stephens Carman and Tradition
John Robert Sorfleet Transcendentalist, Mystic,Evolutionary Idealist: Bliss Carman, 1886-1894
Stanley S. Atherton The Klondike Muse
Notes on Contributors
