| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 292 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| Contents |
Chronology -- Introduction / Eva-Marie Kröller -- Aboriginal writing / Penny Van Toorn -- Francophone writing / E.D. Blodgett -- Exploration and travel / Eva-Marie Kröller -- Nature-writing / Christoph Irmscher -- Drama / Ric Knowles -- Poetry / David Staines -- Fiction / Marta Dvorak -- Short fiction / Robert Thacker -- Writing by women / Coral Ann Howells -- Life writing / Susanna Egan and Gabriele Helms -- Regionalism and urbanism / Janice Fiamengo -- Canadian literary criticism and the idea of a national literature / Magdalene Redekop |
| Summary |
This book offers a comprehensive and lively introduction to major writers, genres and topics in Canadian literature. 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, francophone 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-283) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Canadian literature -- History and criticism
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Canadian literature.
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English Literature.
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kröller, Eva-Marie
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Cambridge University Press
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| ISBN |
0511999275 |
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9780511999277 |
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(pbk.) |
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