The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature
The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature
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USDThis book offers a comprehensive and lively introduction to major writers, genres and topics in Canadian literature. Addressing traditional assumptions and current issues, contributors pay attention to the social, political and economic developments that have informed literary events. Broad surveys of fiction, drama, and poetry are complemented by chapters on Aboriginal writing, autobiography, literary criticism, writing by women, and the emergence of urban writing in a country historically defined by its regions. Also discussed are genres that have a special place in Canadian literature, such as nature-writing, exploration and travel-writing, and short fiction. Athough the emphasis is on literature in English, a substantial chapter on francophone writing is included.
- Provides a comprehensive and succinct introduction to representative topics in Canadian literature
- Includes chapters on Aboriginal writing and francophone literature
- Addresses both traditional assumptions and current issues
Reviews & endorsements
“This Companion is, above all, a very practical and helpful book for anyone who wants to study the changing and challenging contexts of Canadian literature...The diverse geographical origins of the contributors (scholars from Canada, France, the UK, Australia, and the US) attest to the increasing interest in Canadian literature around the world, as well as to vital connections and comparisons between literary developments in different countries.”
-Rocío G. Davis, Canadian Literature
"...The book shows an acute awareness of the intricately multi-lingual, multi-ethnic, and multicultural nature of the country and its literature."
-Quill and Quire
"Astute and groundbreaking."
-Literary Review of Canada
“...the achievement of The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature is its concise synthesis of an immense subject area...suggest[s] whole new directions for literary research.”
-Faye Hammill, International Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue internationale d’études canadiennes
“[This Companion] is a most useful addition that will help Canadian literature scholars and students from all over the world to find their way into Canadian writing.” -
-Martin Kuester, Anglistik
“...Canadian literature is as diverse and multicultural as the society it mirrors and...the Cambridge Companion of Canadian Literature reflects this, revealing a number of fascinating insights for Canadianists and newcomers alike.”
-Victoria Cook, British Journal of Canadian Studies
“The result is very impressive: clear and no shortcuts tolerated, lacking in jargon, discussions that balance detailed textual analysis with ambitious synthesis.”
-Claire Omhovère, Etudes anglaises
Product details
October 2012Adobe eBook Reader
9781139797368
0 pages
0kg
6 b/w illus. 2 maps
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Table of Contents
- Introduction Eva-Marie Kröller
- 1. Aboriginal writing Penny van Toorn
- 2. Francophone writing Edward D. Blodgett
- 3. Exploration and travel Eva-Marie Kröller
- 4. Nature-writing Christoph Irmscher
- 5. Drama Ric Knowles
- 6. Poetry David Staines
- 7. Fiction Marta Dvorak
- 8. Short fiction Robert Thacker
- 9. Writing by women Coral Ann Howells
- 10. Life writing Susanna Egan and Gabriele Helms
- 11. Regionalism and urbanism Janice Fiamengo
- 12. Canadian literary criticism and the idea of a national literature Magdalene Redekop.
