Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Areas of Interest
- Poetry
- Classical Reception in modernism
Biography
James Dunnigan received his BA Hons and MA from McGill University, where he worked under the supervision of Professors Maggie Kilgour and Miranda Hickman. He is currently working toward an analysis of Ezra Pound's "Cantos" as an Ovidian epic in the vein of the "Metamorphoses." He is also more generally interested in the reception of Latin poetry (especially Virgil and Ovid) across English literature. Adjacent interests include Canadian poetry, French poetry, American poetry, Anne Carson, René Char, joual, fish, blues, socialism, gas stoves, liturgy, the stars. He writes poetry and edits for Cactus Press (Montreal)
List of Publications
"Richard Parker, Ed. Readings in the Cantos, Vol. 1." in: Textual Practice (Book Review)
Investigating the Blue Line Poets: An Essay in Six Stations (creative essay, Black Sails Publications, 2022)
Windchime Concerto (poetry, The Alfred Gustav Press, 2022)
Wine and Fire (poetry, Cactus Press, 2020)
The Stained Glass Sequence (poetry, Frog Hollow Press, 2019)
Additional Information
Holder of a SSHRC CGS M award (2017-18)