{"product_id":"of-sunken-islands-and-pestilence-james-gifford-9781771993449","title":"Of Sunken Islands and Pestilence: Restoring the Voice of Edward Taylor Fletcher to Nineteenth-Century Canadian Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eRecuperates the lost works of Edward Taylor Fletcher and argues for his place in the literary canon.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edward Taylor Fletcher was a nineteenth-century literary figure who has been almost completely forgotten by history. Poet, travel writer, essayist, surveyor, philologist, and translator, Fletcher shared many characteristics with the great literary figures of the time. Yet his writing represents a significant departure from his contemporaries and a close reading of his work reshapes our understanding of the Canadian long poem and the cultural values of Canadian poetry. A polyglot, Fletcher's poetry interweaves Canadian landscapes with modern and ancient traditions of the East and West and integrates allusions and innovations from several different literary traditions including the Kalavela, the Mahabharata, and the Poetic Edda. By recuperating Fletcher's nineteenth-century works, James Gifford uncovers a unique Canadian literary voice who explored content, style, and concerns unlike the popular colonial narratives of his time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Gifford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771993448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771993449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Athabasca University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"James Gifford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077253198079,"sku":"9781771993449","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e508906-6680-4ee4-b06d-ab5392771f1f.jpg?v=1685469010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/of-sunken-islands-and-pestilence-james-gifford-9781771993449","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}