The Beginnings Of A National Literary Tradition
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Canadians throughout their history have been concerned over the
status of their national literature. One of the major problems facing
early Canadian writers was that the language and poetic conventions that
they had inherited from the Old World were inadequate for the new scenery
and conditions ....
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.... Lampman. The Poets
ofConfederation "established what can legitimately be called the first
distinct "school" of Canadian poetry"(17, Keith). The term ‘The Poets of
Confederation' is a misnomer since not one of these poets/authors was more
than ten years old when the Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867. However,
all of these writers were aware of the lack of a distinctive Canadian
literary tradition and they made efforts to create one for their successors.
While each of these men h ....
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