The Newfoundland Diaspora: Mapping the Literature of Out-Migration

By Jennifer Bowering Delisle

4E.J. Pratt and the Gateway to Canada Jennifer Delisle As the first literary figure of the Newfoundland diaspora, E.J. Pratt’s “authenticity” as a Newfoundlander has been the subject of much debate. Delisle analyzes receptions of Pratt’s work through the mid-twentieth century, suggesting that his role in the development of Canadian literary nationalism makes him a figure onto which a series of anxieties about diasporic, regional, and national identity are projected.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Release date: Jun 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781554588954

Jennifer Bowering Delisle

Jennifer Bowering Delisle is the author of a poetry collection, Deriving (2021) and a lyric family memoir, The Bosun Chair (2017). She has a PhD in English and frequently teaches creative writing classes and workshops. She is also a board member of NeWest Press. She lives in Edmonton/Amiskwaciwâskahikan/Treaty 6 where she is an instructional designer and a mother of two. Find her online @JenBDelisle and www.jenniferdelisle.ca.