Avant Canada : poets, prophets, revolutionaries / Gregory Betts and Christian Bök, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Betts, Gregory, 1975- editor.

Bök, Christian, 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Experimental--Canada--History and criticism.

Literature, Experimental.

Canada.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 340 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfred Laurier University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"It's a collection of original essays and supporting creative works on an array of Canadian literary avant-garde movements from the past 50 years. Featuring 28 writers and critics in the field, it offers an overview of the past, present, and future of Canadian avant-garde writing. It's complete survey of contemporary avant-garde activity in Canada. It explores the intersection of Canadian avant-gardisms and Indigenous decolonization. Finally, it discusses controversial topics such as the relationship between Canadian and Indigenous literature, cultural appropriation, gender, and the Conceptual Writing movement."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Avant Canada.:

ISBN:

9781771123525

1771123524

OCLC:

1010634463