E.J. Pratt’s Towards the Last Spike deserves critical reconsideration. Pratt’s epic poem documents the history of the Canadian railway, but not, as critics have generally conceded, in a blanket celebration of the nation’s achievements: rather, Pratt allows the darker moments of railway history into his retelling, challenging the unifying impulse of projects of national definition.
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