Bliss Carman: A Reappraisal

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Gerald Lynch
University of Ottawa Press, 1990 - Literary Criticism - 208 pages

The tarnished reputation of this turn-of-the-century poet is persuasively burnished anew by fifteen scholars, editors, and poets.

Published in English.

 

Contents

Introduction
1
The Popular and Critical Reputation and Reception of Bliss Carman
7
Three Poets Read Carman
21
Bliss Carman and the American Literary Milieu of the 1890s
43
The Critical Question
53
Carman as Critic
61
Theory and Technique
85
By the Aurelian Wall
111
Carmans Gothic
129
Bliss Carmans Lyrics and their Influence on Early TwentiethCentury Poetry in Canada
141
Bliss Carmans Pageants Masques and Essays and the Genesis of Modern Dance
165
In Summary
181
A Primary and Secondary Bibliography of Bliss Carmans Work
193
Contributors
205
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