Major Confederation Poetry

The Poets Who Built a Nation

At the birth of Canada, a group of remarkable poets gave the new nation its literary voice. The Major Confederation Poets — Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman, Pauline Johnson, Charles Roberts, Duncan Campbell Scott, and their contemporaries — wrote with vivid passion about the Canadian wilderness, its peoples, and its emerging identity. Their work remains the cornerstone of Canadian literature, and these restored editions make it more accessible than ever.