Canadian literature / Faye Hammill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hammill, Faye.

Series:

Edinburgh critical guides to literature.

Edinburgh critical guides to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Canadian literature.

Canadian literature--History and criticism.

Authors, Canadian--20th century.

Authors, Canadian.

Canada--In literature.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An important critical study of Canadian literature, placing internationally successful anglophone Canadian authors in the context of their national literary history. While the focus of the book is on twentieth-century and contemporary writing, it also charts the historical development of Canadian literature and discusses important eighteenth- and nineteenth-century authors. The chapters focus on four central topics in Canadian culture: Ethnicity, Race, Colonisation; Wildernesses, Cities, Regions; Desire; and Histories and Stories. Each chapter combines case studies of five key texts with a bro

Contents:

COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; chapter 1 - Ethnicity, Race, Colonisation; chapter 2 - Wilderness, Cities, Regions; chapter 3 - Desire; chapter 4 - Histories and Stories; Conclusion; Student Resources; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-214) and index.

ISBN:

9786611089214

9781281089212

1281089214

9781780344713

1780344716

9780748629527

0748629521

OCLC:

476117757