Wild Words
Essays on Alberta Literature
Published on 1. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-897425-30-5 (ISBN)
Description
As the first collection of literary criticism focusing on Albertawriters, Wild Words establishes a basis for identifyingAlberta fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction as valid subjects ofstudy in their own right. By critically situating and assessingspecific Alberta authors according to genre, this volume continues thework begun with Melnyk's Literary History of Alberta.
Reviews / Votes
Showcasing the diversity of writing in Alberta, Wild Words opens a much-needed conversation about what, if anything, binds people together in particular places. - Alison Calder, University of ManitobaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
EDMONTON
Canada
Target group
Adult education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-897425-30-5 (9781897425305)
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Persons
Donna Coates is an Associate Professor in theEnglish Department at the University of Calgary. She has publishednumerous articles and book chapters on Canadian, Australian, and NewZealand fiction and drama (especially by women) and recently co-editeda volume on Canadian war drama. George Melnyk is anAssociate Professor of Canadian Studies and Film Studies in the Facultyof Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. He is ahistorian of Canadian culture and has published numerous books in thefield.
Content
PREFACE: The Struggle for an Alberta Literature /Donna Coates and George Melnyk
INTRODUCTION: Wrestling Impossibilities: Wild Wordsin Alberta / Aritha van Herk
PART ONE: Poetry
1. The "Wild Body" of Alberta Poetry / DouglasBarbour
2. "To Canada": Michael Gowda's Unique Contribution tothe Literary History of Alberta / Jars Balan
3. Pastoral Elegy, Memorial, Writing: Robert Kroetsch's"Stone Hammer" Poem / Christian Riegel
PART TWO: Drama
4. No Cowpersons on This Range: The Cultural Complexity of AlbertaTheatre / Anne Nothof
5. Playing Alberta with Sharon Pollock / Sherrill Grace
PART THREE: Fiction
6. "No Woman is Natural": The (Re)production of Race,Gender, and Sexuality in Suzette Mayr's Moon Honey /Helen Hoy
7. Wandering Home in Rudy Wiebe's Sweeter Than All theWorld and Of This Earth / Malin Sigvardson
8. Richard Wagamese - An Ojibway in Alberta / Frances W.Kaye
PART FOUR: Nonfiction
9. From Grizzly Country to Grizzly Heart: The Grammar ofBear-Human Interactions in the Work of Andy Russell and CharlieRussell / Pamela Banting
10. The Doomed Genre: Myrna Kostash and the Limits of Non-fiction /Lisa Grekul
AFTERWORD: Writing in Alberta - Up, Down, orSideways? / Fred Stenson
CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES
INTRODUCTION: Wrestling Impossibilities: Wild Wordsin Alberta / Aritha van Herk
PART ONE: Poetry
1. The "Wild Body" of Alberta Poetry / DouglasBarbour
2. "To Canada": Michael Gowda's Unique Contribution tothe Literary History of Alberta / Jars Balan
3. Pastoral Elegy, Memorial, Writing: Robert Kroetsch's"Stone Hammer" Poem / Christian Riegel
PART TWO: Drama
4. No Cowpersons on This Range: The Cultural Complexity of AlbertaTheatre / Anne Nothof
5. Playing Alberta with Sharon Pollock / Sherrill Grace
PART THREE: Fiction
6. "No Woman is Natural": The (Re)production of Race,Gender, and Sexuality in Suzette Mayr's Moon Honey /Helen Hoy
7. Wandering Home in Rudy Wiebe's Sweeter Than All theWorld and Of This Earth / Malin Sigvardson
8. Richard Wagamese - An Ojibway in Alberta / Frances W.Kaye
PART FOUR: Nonfiction
9. From Grizzly Country to Grizzly Heart: The Grammar ofBear-Human Interactions in the Work of Andy Russell and CharlieRussell / Pamela Banting
10. The Doomed Genre: Myrna Kostash and the Limits of Non-fiction /Lisa Grekul
AFTERWORD: Writing in Alberta - Up, Down, orSideways? / Fred Stenson
CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES