A history of Canadian fiction / David Staines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staines, David, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian fiction--History and criticism.

Canadian fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

A History of Canadian Fiction is the first one-volume history to chart its development from earliest times to the present day. Recounting the struggles and the glories of this burgeoning area of investigation, it explains Canada's literary growth alongside its remarkable history. Highlighting the people who have shaped and are shaping Canadian literary culture, the book examines such major figures as Mavis Gallant, Mordecai Richler, Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, and Thomas King, concluding with young authors of today whose major successes reflect their indebtedness to their Canadian forbearers.

Contents:

The beginnings

From romance towards realism

Emerging into realism

The foundational fifties

The second feminist wave

The flourishing of the wests

The second century

Indigenous voices

Naturalized Canadian writers

The twenty-first century.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Jul 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-30770-1

1-108-30470-2

1-108-28455-8

OCLC:

1256592502