Of Sunken Islands and Pestilence Restoring the Voice of Edward Taylor Fletcher to Nineteenth-Century Canadian Literature

• Main Author: Fletcher, Edward Taylor (auth)
• Other Authors: Gifford, James (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Athabasca University Press 2022
• Subjects: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900; Confederation, Archibald Lampman, Charles Mair, Duncan Campbell Scott, Romanticism, Canadian literature, poetry, travel writing
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Edward Taylor Fletcher was born in England in 1817 and arrived in Canada as a young boy. An important figure in Canadian literature, Fletcher's writing was almost entirely forgotten by history. In this volume, James Gifford has gathered and annotated Fletcher's essays and poems, writings t...