The Cambridge companion to Canadian literature
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The Cambridge companion to Canadian literature
(Cambridge companions)
Cambridge University Press, 2017
2nd ed
- : hardback
- : pbk
Available at 13 libraries
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Previous ed.: 2004
Series title from publisher's listing: Cambridge companions to ...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-310) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This fully revised second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature offers a comprehensive introduction to major writers, genres and topics. For this edition several chapters have been completely rewritten to reflect major developments in Canadian literature since 2004. 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. Areas of research that have expanded since the first edition include environmental concerns and questions of sexuality which are freshly explored across several different chapters. A substantial chapter on francophone writing is included. Authors such as Margaret Atwood, noted for her experiments in multiple literary genres, are given full consideration, as is the work of authors who have achieved major recognition, such as Alice Munro, recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature.
Table of Contents
- Introduction Eva-Marie Kroeller
- 1. Aboriginal writing Penny Van Toorn and Daniel Justice
- 2. Francophone writing E. D. Blodgett
- 3. Exploration and travel Eva-Marie Kroeller
- 4. Nature-writing Christoph Irmscher
- 5. Drama Ric Knowles and Jessica Riley
- 6. Poetry David Staines
- 7. Fiction Marta Dvorak
- 8. Short fiction Robert Thacker
- 9. Writing by women Coral Ann Howells
- 10. Life writing Julie Rak
- 11. Regionalism and urbanism Janice Fiamengo
- 12. Canadian literary criticism and the idea of a national literature Shelley Hulan
- Further reading.
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