Author: Charles Sangster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems. Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics. Introd. by Gordon Johnston
The St Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems ; Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics. Introduction by Gordon Johnston
The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems
Author: Charles Sangster
Publisher: Kingston, C[anada] W[est] : J. Creighton and J. Duff, New York : Miller, Orton & Mulligan
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher: Kingston, C[anada] W[est] : J. Creighton and J. Duff, New York : Miller, Orton & Mulligan
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Saul and Selected Poems
Author: Charles Heavysege
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487589956
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Saul and Selected Poems is an original and useful introduction to the work and poetic personality of Charles Heavysege (1816-76), an important but currently neglected nineteenth-century Canadian writer. Heavysege was handicapped by a limited education and a lack of public support, yet nonetheless established himself in Great Britain and America as the 'leading intellect of [the] Dominion' in a period when native literature was scantily regarded. His struggle to express himself and to find an audience for his work mirrors the dilemma of the émigré writer of his time. Heavysege's work is related in this volume to the early nineteenth-century English revival of poetic drama, and seen in the context of the Canadian cultural milieu of the 1860s. Saul is a powerful presentation of the tormented soul caught in a world of order and universal degree. Its main interest is to be found in the psychological frankness - Saul's recognition of his demon resonates with the deeper implication of the recognition of the döppelgänger - and in passages of sinewy verse written with a directness that anticipates E.J. Pratt. The text of Saul and 'Jezebel,' selections from Jephthah's Daughter, an original commentary on the major poems, a bibliography, and a review of Heavysege criticism are all included in this volume. (Literature of Canada 19)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487589956
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Saul and Selected Poems is an original and useful introduction to the work and poetic personality of Charles Heavysege (1816-76), an important but currently neglected nineteenth-century Canadian writer. Heavysege was handicapped by a limited education and a lack of public support, yet nonetheless established himself in Great Britain and America as the 'leading intellect of [the] Dominion' in a period when native literature was scantily regarded. His struggle to express himself and to find an audience for his work mirrors the dilemma of the émigré writer of his time. Heavysege's work is related in this volume to the early nineteenth-century English revival of poetic drama, and seen in the context of the Canadian cultural milieu of the 1860s. Saul is a powerful presentation of the tormented soul caught in a world of order and universal degree. Its main interest is to be found in the psychological frankness - Saul's recognition of his demon resonates with the deeper implication of the recognition of the döppelgänger - and in passages of sinewy verse written with a directness that anticipates E.J. Pratt. The text of Saul and 'Jezebel,' selections from Jephthah's Daughter, an original commentary on the major poems, a bibliography, and a review of Heavysege criticism are all included in this volume. (Literature of Canada 19)
Collected Poems
Author: Isabella Valancy Crawford
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442637811
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442637811
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
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.
The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay
Author: Charles Sangster
Publisher: London, Ont. : Canadian Poetry Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher: London, Ont. : Canadian Poetry Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The Search for English-Canadian Literature
Author: Carl Ballstadt
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442633220
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The search for a distinctive Canadian literature is not new. It began in the 1820s, and even then involved many of the same issues that concern critics today. Much of this early material is now inaccessible to most Canadians. Carl Ballstadt has selected for this volume a number of the most importance statements from a century of growth. The pieces come from essays, prefaces, and editorials published between 1823 and 1926 in a variety of works including the major literary periodicals of the time. Among the authors are Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Sara Jeannette Duncan, Daniel Wilson, Goldwin Smith, G. Mercer Adam, Pelham Edgar, J.D. Robins, J.D. Logan, and Charles Mair. The major themes they treated, with frequent diversity of views, are the kind of writing best suited to a new country; the economic and spiritual barriers to the creation of literature; the feasibility of creating a ‘national’ literature; the need for serious criticism; the relationship between European traditions and the developing Canadian imagination; Canada’s ‘northern’ character; the advantages of two cultural streams; and the significance of Canadian achievements in poetry. This book provides essential background to anyone concerned with the path Canadian literature followed to modern times.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442633220
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The search for a distinctive Canadian literature is not new. It began in the 1820s, and even then involved many of the same issues that concern critics today. Much of this early material is now inaccessible to most Canadians. Carl Ballstadt has selected for this volume a number of the most importance statements from a century of growth. The pieces come from essays, prefaces, and editorials published between 1823 and 1926 in a variety of works including the major literary periodicals of the time. Among the authors are Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Sara Jeannette Duncan, Daniel Wilson, Goldwin Smith, G. Mercer Adam, Pelham Edgar, J.D. Robins, J.D. Logan, and Charles Mair. The major themes they treated, with frequent diversity of views, are the kind of writing best suited to a new country; the economic and spiritual barriers to the creation of literature; the feasibility of creating a ‘national’ literature; the need for serious criticism; the relationship between European traditions and the developing Canadian imagination; Canada’s ‘northern’ character; the advantages of two cultural streams; and the significance of Canadian achievements in poetry. This book provides essential background to anyone concerned with the path Canadian literature followed to modern times.
Hesperus, and Other Poems and Lyrics
Author: Charles SANGSTER (Author of “The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay”.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blind tooled bindings
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blind tooled bindings
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
St Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems ; Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics
The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems
Author: Charles Sangster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canadian poetry
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canadian poetry
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description