Literary Criticism

Includes:
When the Performer is Black by Rita Shelton Deverell (1986)
Heritage or Cultural Evolution: Federal Policy on Multiculturalism and the Arts by Carol Off (1988)
On Their Own Terms by Beverly Yhap (1988)
Angry Enough to Spit, But With Dry Lips it Hurts More Than You Know by Marie Annharte Baker (1991)
Family Matters: Reflections of Italia …

George Herbert is best known as a seventeenth-century sacred poet, often associated with such writers as John Milton and John Donne, but it is Herbert's portrait of an idealized rural clergyman in The Country Parson which perhaps best shows Herbert's engagement in a wide range of complex social debates. In Full of all knowledg', Ronald Cooley exami …

The Italian neoavanguardia, a literary and artistic movement characterized by a strong push towards experimentation, playfulness, and new forms of language usage, was founded at the beginning of the 1960s by a group of poets, critics, artists, and composers. Although the neoavanguardia movement has been primarily defined and examined in a literary …

The mass production and dissemination of printed materials were unparalleled in England during the 1640s and 50s. While theatrical performance traditionally defined literary culture, print steadily gained ground, becoming more prevalent and enabling the formation of various networks of writers, readers, and consumers of books.

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This critical anthology of essays by Aboriginal academics provides an in-depth analysis of the emerging body of literature by Aboriginal authors. The contributors study the works of their peers with an insightful understanding of the significance of contemporary literature within Aboriginal cultural paradigms.This critical anthology of essays by Ab …

This collection of 16 essays by distinguished scholars examines critical discourse in Canada from the 19th century to 1980. A general introduction is followed by six sections, each containing one essay in English and one in French. The sections examine such topics as biographical criticism, historical criticism, thematic and sociological criticism, …

From the mailbox of the Prime Minister's Office to your bookshelf, a list of more than 100 books that every Canadian should read. This largely one-sided correspondence from the "loneliest book club in the world" is a compendium for bibliophiles and those who follow the Canadian political scene. Smart, subversive, signed, sealed, and now available t …

This is the fourth edition of Gary Geddes' highly successful anthology of Canadian poetry. All of the poets included in the previous editions have been retained, although their selections have been carefully reconsidered. Among new poets added to this edition are Anne Carson, Dionne Brand,Daphne Marlatt, bpNichol, Louise Bernice Halfe, and Fred Wah …