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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,'

Collected Poems

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    A Paperback / softback by Isabella Valancy Crawford, Douglas Lochhead, James Reaney

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      Publisher University of Toronto Press
      Published 15 December 1972
      ISBN-13 9780802061706
      978-0802061706
      ISBN-10 0802061702

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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,'

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