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Item ID# |
A2014.003.0296 |
Title |
William Wilfred Campbell : selected poetry and essays |
Object Name |
Book |
Dates of Creation |
1987 |
Creator |
Campbell, William Wilfred |
Other Creators |
Edited with introduction by Laurel Boone |
Description |
From the introduction: "This is a representative collection of the writings of a neglected Canadian author, William Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918). Among the 112 poems in "William Wilfred Campbell: Selected Poetry and Essays" are the familiar "Indian Summer" and "How One Winter Came in the Lake Region," along with many less well-known love poems, mystical poems dramatic and narrative poems, war poems, patriotic songs and occasional poems. Some twenty manuscript pieces are published here for the first time. The notorious "Mermaid Inn" essay in which Campbell refers to the mythical nature of the cross is included, and so is the letter of self-justification that Campbell wrote - but never sent - to the editor of the "Globe". Here, too, are speeches, essays published in "The Week" and the "Ottawa Evening Journal" and significant sections from Campbell's unfinished treatise on evolution, "The tragedy of Man." By the time Campbell died on New Year's Day 1918, shifting values had begun to turn critical opinion against this work. Now "William Wilfred Campbell: Selected Poetry and Essays" will enable Canadians to appreciate Campbell's art and to recognize his place in the development of Canadian thought." |
Provenance |
This item was part of the personal library of Bruce Arthur Krug. |
Collection |
Krug family fonds |
System of arrangement |
This item is part of the Krug family fonds, series 4, file 3 (Historical records, reference & research - local history books). |
Parent Object |
Krug series 4, file 3 |
Level of Description |
Item |
Physical Description |
238 p. : 24 x 17 cm (Brown hardcover, gold embossed print |
Places |
Bruce County Southampton |
People |
Campbell, William Wilfred |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Authors Poetry |