Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 292 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511999277
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to literature
Content:
This 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
Content:
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
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521814416
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521891318
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521814416
Language:
English
