Earle Birney as Public Poet: A Canadian Chaucer?
- Author / Editor
- Toswell, M. J.
Earle Birney as Public Poet: A Canadian Chaucer?
- Published
- M. J. Toswell and Anna Czarnowus, eds. Medievalism in English Canadian Literature: From Richardson to Atwood (Cambridge: Brewer, 2020], no. 93), pp. 113-28.
- Description
- Shows that in his writing and public persona, Earle Birney "engages in a conscious and self-conscious effort to make himself a public poet for Canada, using Chaucer's role as the father of English poetry as a model" and echoing Chaucer’s stylistic irony, themes, and efforts to achieve a wide appeal. Discusses archival materials that pertain to Birney's publications and radio broadcasts.
- Alternative Title
- Medievalism in English Canadian Literature
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Laater Allusion