Reading Nelliganmile Nelligan (1879 1941) wrote all of his poetry as an adolescent, before spending four decades in a psychiatric asylum. Considering all of Nelligan's work and using a largely textual approach, mile Talbot points out the Canadian roots of Nelligan's originality. He argues that these are discernable despite Nelligan's use of the discourse of nineteenth century continental French poetry, particularly that of the Parnassians and the Decadents. Talbot's