Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics

Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics
Author: Charles Sangster
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 375242334X

Reproduction of the original: Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics by Charles Sangster

Collected Poems

Collected Poems
Author: Isabella Valancy Crawford
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1972-12-15
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1442637811

This volume established Isabella Valancy Crawford as one of Canada's principal poets. Coupled with an introductory collage of viewpoints and reactions to her work by James Reaney its provides a vivid glimpse into the literary past of this country. Although her poetry reflects the patterns of her time, Isabella Valancy Crawford was able to accept the raw and vigorous Canadian landscape on its own terms. She was the first of our poets for whom it became the setting for struggle, passion, love, and death. She celebrated the young land with an imagery enriched by allusions to North American Indian lore reflected in such lines as these: From his far wigwam sprang the strong North Wind And rushed with war-cry down the steep ravine, And wrestled with the giants of the woods; And with his ice-club beat the swelling crests Of the deep water courses into death. 'These verses bear the stamp of genius and show a true poetic instinct,' said a critic in The Canadian Magazine in 1895. The poetry of Isabella Valancy Crawford forms a vital part of the body of Canadian writing.

Canadian Gothic

Canadian Gothic
Author: Cynthia Sugars
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2014-01-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1783160772

This book explores the Gothic tradition in Canadian literature by tracing a distinctive reworking of the British Gothic in Canada. It traces the ways the Gothic genre was reinvented for a specifically Canadian context. On the one hand, Canadian writers expressed anxiety about the applicability of the British Gothic tradition to the colonies; on the other, they turned to the Gothic for its vitalising rather than unsettling potential. After charting this history of Gothic infusion, Canadian Gothic turns its attention to the body of Aboriginal and diasporic writings that respond to this discourse of national self-invention from a post-colonial perspective. These counter-narratives unsettle the naturalising force of this invented history, rendering the sense of Gothic comfort newly strange. The Canadian Gothic tradition has thus been a conflicted one, which reimagines the Gothic as a form of cultural sustenance. This volume offers an important reconsideration of the Gothic legacy in Canada.

William Wye Smith

William Wye Smith
Author: William Wye Smith
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2008-11-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1550028049

William Wye Smith, Upper Canadian poet and publisher, provided his unique perspective on pioneer life in this compilation of anecdotes from his experiences.

Mimic Fires

Mimic Fires
Author: D. M. R. Bentley
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1994
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780773512009

In this survey and analysis of long poems written about Canada between 1690 and 1900, D.M.R. Bentley establishes literary contexts for a greatly neglected period of Canadian literature. He also provides critical discussions of the poems, addresses larger questions of tradition and intertextuality, and demonstrates the existence of a continuity in Canadian writing from the colonial to the post-colonial period.

Children's Literature and Imaginative Geography

Children's Literature and Imaginative Geography
Author: Aïda Hudson
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2019-01-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1771123265

Where do children travel when they read a story? In this collection, scholars and authors explore the imaginative geography of a wide range of places, from those of Indigenous myth to the fantasy worlds of Middle-earth, Earthsea, or Pacificus, from the semi-fantastic Wild Wood to real-world places like Canada’s North, Chicago’s World Fair, or the modern urban garden. What happens to young protagonists who explore new worlds, whether fantastic or realistic? What happens when Old World and New World myths collide? How do Indigenous myth and sense of place figure in books for the young? How do environmental or post-colonial concerns, history, memory, or even the unconscious affect an author's creation of place? How are steampunk and science fiction mythically re-enchanting for children? Imaginative geography means imaged earth writing: it creates what readers see when they enter the world of fiction. Exploring diverse genres for children, including picture books, fantasy, steampunk, and realistic novels as well as plays from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland from the early nineteenth century to the present, Children’s Literature and Imaginative Geography provides new geographical perspectives on children’s literature.

History of the Book in Canada: 1840-1918

History of the Book in Canada: 1840-1918
Author: History of the Book in Canada Project
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 080208012X

This second of three volumes in theHistory of the Book in Canada demonstrates the same research and editorial standards established with Volume One by book history specialists from across the nation.