Selections from Canadian Poets: With Occasional Critical and Biographical Notes and an Introductory Essay on Canadian Poetry (Heritage) - Softcover

Dewart, Edward H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802061761 ISBN 13: 9780802061768

Verlag: UNIV OF TORONTO PR, 1973

Inhaltsangabe

Selections from Canadian Poets set an important precedent when it was published in 1864. It was the first anthology of native Canadian poetry and was compiled, as Edward Hartlet Dewart explained, in order to 'rescue from oblivion some of the floating pieces of Canadian authorship worthy of preservation in a more permanent form ...' This anthology, like any other, reflects the tastes of the anthologist and the tenor of the times. Pre-confederation poets had deeply felt ties with other countries from which developed a shared concern for what Douglas Lochhead terms in his introduction the 'now' and the 'place,' often described in terms of the 'past' and the 'other place,' which embraced a still larger loyalty - religious, political, philosophical, and above all nationalistic. Dewart was widely commended by critics of his attention for its endeavour to come to grips with the influences of other literatures (mainly English) and for its realization that so-called 'colonialism' was a major shaping force of Canadian poetry. On the first page of his essay Dewart states that:

A national literature is an essential element in the formation of national character.

These words, as well as his perceptive appraisal of the problems of Canadian literary endeavours, still apply today and make this reprint timely and pertinent.

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Edward Hartley Dewart (1828-1903) was an ordained minister of the Methodist Church who held various charges in Ontario and then settled in Toronto. He was editor of the Christian Guardian from 1869 to 1894, and author of several theological works and a volume of poems. Douglas Lochhead (1922-2011) was a professor emeritus of Mount Allison University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: UNIV OF TORONTO PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1973
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0802061761
• ISBN 13: 9780802061768
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
• Herausgeber: Lochhead Douglas
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Mare Nostrum Group B.V.; gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk; ; Doelen 72; Breda; 4831 GR; Niederlande