Vernacular Strain in Newfoundland Poetry, The Poetry A New York Times Book

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Vernacular Strain in Newfoundland Poetry, The Poetry A New York Times BookMary Daltons 2020 Pratt Lecture engages with the vernacular voice in Newfoundland poetry, illustrating the move from uncertainty to acceptance and welcoming of the beauty and variety of the language of Newfoundland. The Vernacular Strain in Newfoundland Poetry explores some of the tensions between the oral and the written in the poetry of Newfoundland, with particular emphasis on the struggle towards a confident incorporation of vernacular speech in