{"product_id":"collected-poems-9780802061706","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Isabella Valancy Crawford | Douglas Lochhead | James Reaney\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume established Isabella Valancy Crawford as one of Canada's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eprincipal poets. Coupled with an introductory collage of viewpoints and reactions to her \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ework by James Reaney its provides a vivid glimpse into the literary past of this \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ecountry.\u003cp\u003eAlthough her poetry reflects the patterns of her time, Isabella Valancy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrawford was able to accept the raw and vigorous Canadian landscape on its own terms. She \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewas the first of our poets for whom it became the setting for struggle, passion, love, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eand death. She celebrated the young land with an imagery enriched by allusions to North \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmerican Indian lore reflected in such lines as these: \u003cp\u003eFrom his far wigwam sprang \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethe strong North Wind \u003cbr\u003e And rushed with war-cry down the steep ravine, \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd wrestled with the giants of the woods;\u003cbr\u003e And with his ice-club beat the swelling \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ecrests\u003cbr\u003e Of the deep water courses into death.\u003cp\u003e'These verses bear the stamp \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eof genius and show a true poetic instinct, ' said a critic in The Canadian Magazine in \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1895. The poetry of Isabella Valancy Crawford forms a vital part of the body of Canadian \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewriting. ","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615485444247,"sku":"9780802061706","price":4738.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780802061706.webp?v=1775101163","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/collected-poems-9780802061706","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}