Survival and Beyond: Canadian Literary Criticism
Margaret Atwood's 1972 book on themes in CanLit is just one book that tries to articulate the Canadian literary landscape.

Survival
A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature

When Words Deny the World

This Is My Country, What's Yours?
A Literary Atlas of Canada

You Must Work Harder to Write Poetry of Excellence
Crafts Discourse and the Common Reader in Canadian Poetry Book Reviews

Unleashed

How Stories Mean

The Canadian Postmodern
A Study of Contemporary Canadian Fiction, Reissue

Lazy Bastardism
Essays & Reviews on Contemporary Poetry

Bodies and Sole
A Shores Mystery