Oxford Book of Canadian Verse is a name that can refer to any of 3 anthologies of Canadian poetry published by Oxford University Press:
- The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse, published in 1913;
- The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English and French, published in 1960;
- The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English, published in 1982.
1913 edition[]
The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse, published in 1913, was edited by Confederation Poet William Wilfred Campbell. It contained 215 selections from 100 poets.[1]
W.H. New says that Campbell "attempted to focus on newer writers."[2]
Poets represented[]
Poets represented in the 1913 edition:[3]
Bishop G.J. Mountain • Susanna Moodie • Elizabeth L. Cushing • E.T.F. • Joseph Howe • C.D. Shanly • James McCarroll • Charles Heavysege • Sir Daniel Wilson • Sir J.H. Hagarty • Alexander McLachlan • Rev. R.J. McGeorge • E.J. Chapman • Charles Sangster • George Martin • John F. McDonnell • J.R. Ramsay • Pamelia S. Vining-Yule • Thomas D'Arcy McGee • Mrs. R.A. Faulkner George Murray • John Hunter-Duvar • Sarah Anne Curzon • Charles Pelham Mulvaney • Theodore Harding Rand • W. Kirby • John Reade • John T. Lesperance • John J. Procter • Nicholas Flood Davin • John Campbell, Duke of Argyll • Grant Allen • John E. Logan • Agnes Maule Machar • Charles Mair • Evan McColl • Amos Henry Chandler • H.F. Darnell • Isabella Valancey Crawford • George Frederick Cameron • William H. Drummond • William McLennan • Edward B. Brownlow • Edward W. Thomson • William D. Lighthall • Colin A. Scott • Charles G.D. Roberts • Wilfred Campbell • Bliss Carman • Archibald Lampman • Frederick G. Scott • Duncan C. Scott • John S. Thomson • James E. Caldwell • Ethelwyn Wetherald • Jean Blewett • E. Pauline Johnson • Arthur Stringer • Phillips Stewart • James A. Tucker • Emily McManus • Jean Graham • Katherine Hale • Alma F. McCollum • Isabel Ecclestone-Mackay • Helen M. Merrill • Robert W. Service • Helena Coleman • Marjorie L.C. Pickthall • Arthur L. Phelps • Peter McArthur • Margery Berridge Grey • Theodore Roberts • Albert E.S. Smythe • Alan Sullivan • Hector Charlesworth • George A. Mackenzie • William T. Allison • Albert D. Watson • Newton McTavish • William Carman Roberts • Francis Sherman • William E. Marshall • W. Steward Wallace • Charles A. Lazenby • John Daniel Logan • A.F. Bruce Clark • John Henry Brown • Richard Scrace • John Killick Bathurst • Peter MacLaren MacDonald • Virna Sheard • Eric MacKay Yeoman • Archibald Sulivan • J.C.M. Duncan • J. Edgar Middleton • Alexander L. Fraser •
1960 edition[]
The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English and French, published in 1960, was edited by noted Canadian poetry anthologist A.J.M. Smith (known for his groundbreaking 1943 Book of Canadian Poetry).
Poetry magazine declared Smith's selections to be "the best of the best" and urged "readers of the French and English languages abroad as well as at home to note this anthology, and to see what Canada has in store for them, of sheer poetry".[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse (Oxford University Press, 1913). Bartleby.com, Web, Feb. 6, 2013.
- ↑ William H. New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2002), 32. Google Books, Web, Feb. 6, 2013.
- ↑ The Oxford book of Canadian verse (1913), Internet Archive, Web, Oct 12, 2012.
- ↑ Peter Miller, A Dual Record," Poetry (February 1962), 324-326. Poetry Foundation, Web, Oct. 12, 2012.
External links[]
- Text
- The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse (1913) at Bartleby.com
- The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse (1913) at the Internet Archive.
- Audio / video
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