UID:
edocfu_9958353191302883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442696907
Content:
In Avant-Garde Canadian Literature, Gregory Betts draws attention to the fact that the avant-garde has had a presence in Canada long before the country's literary histories have recognized, and that the radicalism of avant-garde art has been sabotaged by pedestrian terms of engagement by the Canadian media, the public, and the literary critics. This book presents a rich body of evidence to illustrate the extent to which Canadians have been producing avant-garde art since the start of the twentieth century.Betts explores the radical literary ambitions and achievements of three different nodes of avant-garde literary activity: mystical revolutionaries from the 1910s to the 1930s; Surrealists/Automatists from the 1920s to the 1960s; and Canadian Vorticists from the 1920s to the 1970s. Avant-Garde Canadian Literature offers an entrance into the vocabulary of the ongoing and primarily international debate surrounding the idea of avant-gardism, providing readers with a functional vocabulary for discussing some of the most hermetic and yet energetic literature ever produced in this country.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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Chapter One. Theory of the Avant-Gardes in Canada --
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Chapter Two. The Cosmic Canadians --
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Chapter Three. Canadian Surrealism: The Automatists --
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Chapter Four. Canadian Vorticism --
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L’Envoi: The Future of the Avant --
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Notes --
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Works Cited --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442696907
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442696907
