La Voix d’un exilé

poem by Fréchette

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La Voix d’un exilé (The Voice of an Exile) is a poem by Louis-Honoré Fréchette, written between 1866 and 1868. Fréchette, a prominent 19th-century French Canadian poet, penned this work while living in Chicago. The poem critiques the political and clerical affairs in Quebec during the period of Canadian confederation. It also expresses a patriotic idealization of the French republic. Fréchette was a significant figure in French Canadian literature, known for his patriotic themes and his contributions to various literary forms, including poetry, drama, and prose.12

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Louis-Honoré Fréchette
There, he wrote La Voix d’un exilé (1866–68; “The Voice of an Exile”), a poem attacking the political and clerical dealings in Quebec in that period of Canadian confederation and voicing a patriotic idealization of the French republic. Returning to Lévis in 1871, Fréchette entered politics, representing that…
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There, he wrote La Voix d’un exilé (1866–68; “The Voice of an Exile”), a poem attacking the political and clerical dealings in Quebec in that period of Canadian confederation and voicing a patriotic idealization of the French republic. Returning to Lévis in 1871, Fréchette entered politics, representing that…
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