Of Sunken Islands and Pestilence
Edward Taylor Fletcher was born in England in 1817 and arrived in Canada as a young boy. An important figure in Canadian literature, Fletcher’s writing was almost entirely forgotten by history. In this volume, James Gifford has gathered and annotated Fletcher’s essays and poems, writings that descri...
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| description | Edward Taylor Fletcher was born in England in 1817 and arrived in Canada as a young boy. An important figure in Canadian literature, Fletcher’s writing was almost entirely forgotten by history. In this volume, James Gifford has gathered and annotated Fletcher’s essays and poems, writings that describe a nineteenth-century Canadian cultural life far more cosmopolitan than what we might have imagined.
Fletcher was a voracious reader of works in many languages and although he was oriented toward Britain, his writing notably reflects a gaze fixed on a horizon much further away. His work therefore stands in contrast to the tendency of later Canadian writers, who focus inward on the nation, and on issues of Canadian identity. His work as a surveyor allowed him to travel across the country, observing the Canadian landscape which appears interwoven with different literary traditions in his metrically complex poetry. By recuperating Fletcher’s works, Gifford expands our view of nineteenth-century Canadian literature and establishes Fletcher as a remarkable literary figure worthy of attention. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-954762024-03-27T16:35:17Z Of Sunken Islands and Pestilence Fletcher, Edward Taylor Gifford, James Confederation, Archibald Lampman, Charles Mair, Duncan Campbell Scott, Romanticism, Canadian literature, poetry, travel writing thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBF Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Edward Taylor Fletcher was born in England in 1817 and arrived in Canada as a young boy. An important figure in Canadian literature, Fletcher’s writing was almost entirely forgotten by history. In this volume, James Gifford has gathered and annotated Fletcher’s essays and poems, writings that describe a nineteenth-century Canadian cultural life far more cosmopolitan than what we might have imagined. Fletcher was a voracious reader of works in many languages and although he was oriented toward Britain, his writing notably reflects a gaze fixed on a horizon much further away. His work therefore stands in contrast to the tendency of later Canadian writers, who focus inward on the nation, and on issues of Canadian identity. His work as a surveyor allowed him to travel across the country, observing the Canadian landscape which appears interwoven with different literary traditions in his metrically complex poetry. By recuperating Fletcher’s works, Gifford expands our view of nineteenth-century Canadian literature and establishes Fletcher as a remarkable literary figure worthy of attention. Published 2022-12-21T17:58:54Z 2022-12-21T17:58:54Z 2022-08-16 book 9781771993449 9781771993456 9781771993463 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/95476 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.amazon.ca/Sunken-Islands-Pestilence-Nineteenth-Century-Literature-ebook/dp/B0B9V8DKRQ/ https://www.aupress.ca/books/120305-of-sunken-islands-and-pestilence/ Athabasca University Press AU Press 10.15215/aupress/9781771993449.01 10.15215/aupress/9781771993449.01 6b1b8af7-79e4-4b18-b297-b983df0f073f 9781771993449 9781771993456 9781771993463 AU Press 240 Canada open access |
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