Re-Envisioning Epic in Jon Whyte’s Rocky Mountain Poem The Fells of brightness

How far does the term epic genuinely suit Whyte’s poem? Vadervlist puts Whyte’s epic into context of some works he feels it shares affinities with and explore how he came to an understanding of the epic genre, and suggest what he was able to do as an epic. As an advocate for local environments, a student and teacher of local history, a critic of the history of representation of the Canadian Rockies--and above all, as an epic poet for whom the Rockies served as motif and muse -- Whyte adopted several kinds of responsibility for the places he recognized as a key source of his imaginative identity.