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Recovering the lyrical voice and remarkable literary life of James McCarroll, Canada's Irish-born poet and humorist.

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"More than the chronological thread of a life, Delicious Mirth is a portrait of a man's creativity as it was conditioned by circumstances. We see McCarroll's personal hope, ambition, and talent shaped by the larger social patterns of the century, and so we see them afresh, too, through his perspective." Eli MacLaren, McGill University
"Delicious Mirth conveys a great deal of engaging and interesting detail about mid-nineteenth-century Upper Canada culture. It contributes significantly to our understanding of the role played by the Irish in Canada's early life, uncovering McCarroll's relations with such major figures as Thomas D'Arcy McGee and John A. Macdonald, as well as with a plethora of singers and writers and public figures." Gerald Lynch, University of Ottawa

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 12/5/2018 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780773554672, 978-0773554672
      ISBN10: 077355467X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Recovering the lyrical voice and remarkable literary life of James McCarroll, Canada's Irish-born poet and humorist.

      Trade Review
      "More than the chronological thread of a life, Delicious Mirth is a portrait of a man's creativity as it was conditioned by circumstances. We see McCarroll's personal hope, ambition, and talent shaped by the larger social patterns of the century, and so we see them afresh, too, through his perspective." Eli MacLaren, McGill University
      "Delicious Mirth conveys a great deal of engaging and interesting detail about mid-nineteenth-century Upper Canada culture. It contributes significantly to our understanding of the role played by the Irish in Canada's early life, uncovering McCarroll's relations with such major figures as Thomas D'Arcy McGee and John A. Macdonald, as well as with a plethora of singers and writers and public figures." Gerald Lynch, University of Ottawa

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