ENGL 228 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Frederick George Scott, Lyric Poetry, Environmental Determinism
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Last week review: should a man own his daughter or his wife, how can we avoid exploited ownership, nationalism of 19th century: belongs to confederation poetry. Confederation: 1867, jean cretien (prime minister, british parliament passed british north america act. Provinces can govern certain things: education, health care, regulation of alcohol etc. Who were the confederation poets: refers to a very small group of writers (6 men who were born in canada) 6 men worked together and created a body of poetry intended to define canada culturally. Worked together to create the confederation poets: comprehends other english canadian poets of their day who are working to define the nation. Responded to each others work and story associated with the movement. Archibald stayed up all night reading it and was inspired by it (inspired him to be a poet) Group was united through the efforts of g. d roberts. He would send lampmans journals to different newspapers.
