Jeffery Donaldson

Jeffery Donaldson is a Canadian poet, critic, and theorist.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Donaldson was educated at Victoria College, University of Toronto. He teaches American literature, poetry, and creative writing in the English Department at McMaster University, where he is involved in Northrop Frye studies and metaphor theory. He lives on the Niagara Escarpment near Grimsby, Ontario.

Bibliography

Poetry

* "Once Out of Nature". Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1991. ISBN 077102844X
* "Waterglass". Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999. ISBN 0773519009
* "Palilalia". Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008. ISBN 0773533834

Anthologies

* "Frye and the Word: Religious Contexts in the Writings of Northrop Frye". Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. (with Alan Mendelson)

A Selection of Book Reviews

* Leckie, Ross: "The Resources of Poetry". Review of "Waterglass". Fiddlehead 201 (Fall 1999, Newfoundland Issue): 119-124.
* Ormsby, Eric: "Of Deathbeds and Ventriloquists: Questions of Empathy". Review of "Once Out of Nature". Essays on Canadian Writing 55 (Spring 1995): 240-247.
* Messenger, Cynthia: "'Confluence and Separation': The Poetry of Jeffery Donaldson". Review of "Once Out of Nature". Essays on Canadian Writing 48 (Winter 1992-93): 111-115.
* Tregebov, Rhea: Letters in Canada 1991: Poetry. Review of "Once Out of Nature". University of Toronto Quarterly 62.1 (Fall 1992): 74-76.
* Sutherland, Fraser: "Old, New, Borrowed, Blue". Review of "Once Out of Nature". Canadian Literature 135 (Winter 1992): 177-179.