The Confederation Poets

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The Confederation Poets

By (author): James Deahl

The Confederation Poets: The Founding of a Canadian Poetry, 1880 to the First World War is a study of poets born between 1850 and 1866, focusing on the work they produced up until the end of World War I. Through this investigation, the climate of opinion that animated Canadian society following Confederation is brought to light. Poets covered range from the famous (Lampman, Roberts, Crawford, Carman) to the less well-known, but still important (Cameron, Herbin, Coleman, Wetherald). 55 Confederation poems, many hard to find today, are quoted in full.

AUTHOR

James Deahl

James Deahl is the author of some 20 poetry collections. In 2001 he received the Charles Olson Award for Achievements in Poetry. In 2012 Rooms the Wind Makes appeared, and in the same year he edited The Selected Poems of Milton Acorn for Mosaic Press. He lives in Sarnia, Ontario.