Leonard R Early

Len Early’s primary area of research is nineteenth-century Canadian literature. His publications on Canadian writers range from Charles Heavysege to bill bissett and include a critical study, Archibald Lampman (1986), scholarly editions of Isabella Valancy Crawford's Winona; or, The Foster-Sisters (2007) and Collected Short Stories (2009), and a number of essays on Canadian and post-colonial poetry and fiction. He is currently working on an edition of Crawford's complete poems.

He has recently taught undergraduate courses on modern and contemporary Canadian poetry and graduate courses on nineteenth-century Canadian literature, the Canadian short story, and the historical novel in Canada.

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Selected Publications

“A Source for Isabella Valancy Crawford’s ‘The Camp of Souls.’” Forthcoming 2011 in Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews.

Ed., with Michael Peterman. Collected Short Stories of Isabella Valancy Crawford. London, Canada: Canadian Poetry Press, 2009. A scholarly edition of the texts of thirty-five short stories (485 pages), with critical and textual introduction, explanatory and textual notes, and bibliography (124 pages).

Ed., with Michael Peterman. Winona; or, The Foster-Sisters, by Isabella Valancy Crawford. Broadview Editions. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2007. A scholarly edition of the text of the novel (210 pages), with critical and textual introduction, illustrations, explanatory and textual notes, appendices, and bibliography (114 pages).

“Poems of October: Lampman’s Elegies.” Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews 45 (1999): 31-65.

Archibald Lampman. Boston: Twayne, l986. 175 pages.

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Books

Ed., with Michael Peterman. Collected Short Stories of Isabella Valancy Crawford. London, Canada: Canadian Poetry Press, 2009. A scholarly edition of the texts of thirty-five short stories (485 pages), with critical and textual introduction, explanatory and textual notes, and bibliography (124 pages).

Ed., with Michael Peterman. Winona; or, The Foster-Sisters, by Isabella Valancy Crawford. Broadview Editions. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2007. A scholarly edition of the text of the novel (210 pages), with critical and textual introduction, illustrations, explanatory and textual notes, appendices, and bibliography (114 pages).

Archibald Lampman. Boston: Twayne, l986. 175 pages.

Journal Articles

“Poems of October: Lampman’s Elegies.” Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews 45 (1999): 31-65.

Forthcoming

“A Source for Isabella Valancy Crawford’s ‘The Camp of Souls.’” Forthcoming 2011 in Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews.

Upcoming Courses

Term	Course Number	Section	Title	Type
Fall/Winter 2013-2014	AP/EN4200 6.0	A	Canadian Poetry	SEMR
Fall/Winter 2013-2014	AP/EN4250 6.0	A	Canadian Topics: Literary Beginnings	SEMR

Len Early’s primary area of research is nineteenth-century Canadian literature. His publications on Canadian writers range from Charles Heavysege to bill bissett and include a critical study, Archibald Lampman (1986), scholarly editions of Isabella Valancy Crawford's Winona; or, The Foster-Sisters (2007) and Collected Short Stories (2009), and a number of essays on Canadian and post-colonial poetry and fiction. He is currently working on an edition of Crawford's complete poems.

He has recently taught undergraduate courses on modern and contemporary Canadian poetry and graduate courses on nineteenth-century Canadian literature, the Canadian short story, and the historical novel in Canada.

Degrees

Ph.D. , York University
M.A., University of Saskatchewan
B.A., University of Saskatchewan

Selected Publications

“A Source for Isabella Valancy Crawford’s ‘The Camp of Souls.’” Forthcoming 2011 in Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews.

Ed., with Michael Peterman. Collected Short Stories of Isabella Valancy Crawford. London, Canada: Canadian Poetry Press, 2009. A scholarly edition of the texts of thirty-five short stories (485 pages), with critical and textual introduction, explanatory and textual notes, and bibliography (124 pages).

Ed., with Michael Peterman. Winona; or, The Foster-Sisters, by Isabella Valancy Crawford. Broadview Editions. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2007. A scholarly edition of the text of the novel (210 pages), with critical and textual introduction, illustrations, explanatory and textual notes, appendices, and bibliography (114 pages).

“Poems of October: Lampman’s Elegies.” Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews 45 (1999): 31-65.

Archibald Lampman. Boston: Twayne, l986. 175 pages.

All Publications

Books

Ed., with Michael Peterman. Collected Short Stories of Isabella Valancy Crawford. London, Canada: Canadian Poetry Press, 2009. A scholarly edition of the texts of thirty-five short stories (485 pages), with critical and textual introduction, explanatory and textual notes, and bibliography (124 pages).

Ed., with Michael Peterman. Winona; or, The Foster-Sisters, by Isabella Valancy Crawford. Broadview Editions. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2007. A scholarly edition of the text of the novel (210 pages), with critical and textual introduction, illustrations, explanatory and textual notes, appendices, and bibliography (114 pages).

Archibald Lampman. Boston: Twayne, l986. 175 pages.

Journal Articles

“Poems of October: Lampman’s Elegies.” Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews 45 (1999): 31-65.

Forthcoming

“A Source for Isabella Valancy Crawford’s ‘The Camp of Souls.’” Forthcoming 2011 in Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews.

Teaching:

Upcoming Courses

Term	Course Number	Section	Title	Type
Fall/Winter 2013-2014	AP/EN4200 6.0	A	Canadian Poetry	SEMR
Fall/Winter 2013-2014	AP/EN4250 6.0	A	Canadian Topics: Literary Beginnings	SEMR