Anthologizing Canadian literature : theoretical and cultural perspectives / Robert Lecker, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lecker, Robert, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthologies--History and criticism.

Anthologies.

Canadian literature--History and criticism.

Canadian literature.

National characteristics, Canadian, in literature.

Canon (Literature).

Canada--In literature.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2015.

Summary:

The first collection of critical essays devoted to the study of English-Canadian literary anthologies brings together the work of thirteen prominent critics to investigate anthology formation in Canada and answer these key questions: Why are there so many literary anthologies in Canada, and how can we trace their history? What role have anthologies played in the formation of Canadian literary taste? How have anthologies influenced the training of students from generation to generation? What literary values do the editors of various anthologies tend to support, and how do these values affect canon formation in Canada? How have different genres fared in the creation of literary anthologies? How do Canadian anthologies transmit ideas about gender, region, ideology, and nation? Specific essays focus on anthologies as national metaphors, the controversies surrounding early literary collections, representations of First Nations peoples in anthologies, and the ways in which various editors have understood exploration narratives. In addition, the collection examines the representation of women in Canadian anthologies, the use of anthologies as teaching tools, and the creation of some very odd Canadian anthologies along the way.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Anthems and Anthologies

Publication, Performances, and Politics

The Poetry of the Canoe

Excerpts of Exploration Writing in Anthologies of English-Canadian Literature

Anthologies and the Canonization Process

Nation Building, the Literary Tradition, and English-Canadian Anthologies

Anthology on the Radio

Canadian Literary Anthologies through the Lens of Publishing History

Confessions of an Unrepentant Anthologist

The Poet-Editor and the Small Press

Why So Serious?

Reading Anthologies

The Poet and Her Library

About the Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 18, 2016).

ISBN:

9781771121095

1771121092

OCLC:

905735642