The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature
1st Edition
Published on 27. April 2012
272 pages
978-1-136-81635-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature introduces the fiction, poetry and drama of Canada in its historical, political and cultural contexts.
In this clear and structured volume, Richard Lane outlines:
the history of Canadian literature from colonial times to the present
key texts for Canadian First Peoples and the literature of Quebec
the impact of English translation, and the Canadian immigrant experience
critical themes such as landscape, ethnicity, orality, textuality, war and nationhood
contemporary debate on the canon, feminism, postcoloniality, queer theory, and cultural and ethnic diversity
the work of canonical and lesser-known writers from Catherine Parr Traill and Susanna Moodie to Robert Service, Maria Campbell and Douglas Coupland.
Written in an engaging and accessible style and offering a glossary, maps and further reading sections, this guidebook is a crucial resource for students working in the field of Canadian Literature.
In this clear and structured volume, Richard Lane outlines:
the history of Canadian literature from colonial times to the present
key texts for Canadian First Peoples and the literature of Quebec
the impact of English translation, and the Canadian immigrant experience
critical themes such as landscape, ethnicity, orality, textuality, war and nationhood
contemporary debate on the canon, feminism, postcoloniality, queer theory, and cultural and ethnic diversity
the work of canonical and lesser-known writers from Catherine Parr Traill and Susanna Moodie to Robert Service, Maria Campbell and Douglas Coupland.
Written in an engaging and accessible style and offering a glossary, maps and further reading sections, this guidebook is a crucial resource for students working in the field of Canadian Literature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
3,18 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-81635-2 (9781136816352)
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Content
1. Introduction: The Colonial Contexts of Canadian Literature 2. Canada's First Peoples: Orality, Textuality, Literature 3. Literatures of Landscape & Encounter 4. A New Nation: Prose Fiction & the Rise of the Canadian Novel 5. In Flanders Fields: War, Gender & Social Transformation 6. Canadian Modernism: 1914-1960 7. Feminist Literatures: A New Poetics of Identity 8. Canadian Postmodernism: Genre Trouble & New Media 9. The Postcolonial Imagination: Diversity, Difference, & Ethnicity
