Confederation literature 1880-1900
"Confederation Poets" is the name given to a group of Canadian poets born in the decade of Canada's Confederation (the 1860s) who rose to prominence in Canada in the late 1880s and 1890s. The term was coined by Canadian professor and literary critic Malcolm Ross, who, in the Introduction to his 1960 anthology, Poets of the Confederation, wrote: "It is fair enough, I think, to call Roberts, Carman, Lampman, and Scott our 'Confederation poets.'"
The Confederation poets thus applies to Charles G.D. Roberts (1860–1943), Bliss Carman (1861–1929), Archibald Lampman (1861–1899), and Duncan Campbell Scott (1862–1947; pictured at left). The term has also been used since to include William Wilfred Campbell (?1860-1918); sometimes Pauline Johnson (1861–1913), Frederick George Scott (1861-1944), and Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887).
The Confederation poets thus applies to Charles G.D. Roberts (1860–1943), Bliss Carman (1861–1929), Archibald Lampman (1861–1899), and Duncan Campbell Scott (1862–1947; pictured at left). The term has also been used since to include William Wilfred Campbell (?1860-1918); sometimes Pauline Johnson (1861–1913), Frederick George Scott (1861-1944), and Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887).
"Primary" confederation poets
"secondary" confederation poets
Research & Close Reading Project
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