This major effort of a large group of scholars working in the field of English-language Canadian literature provides a comprehensive, up-to-date reference work. It represents a positive attempt to give a history of Canada in terms of writings which deserve attention because of significant thought, form, and use of language.

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Information

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Year

2019

ISBN

9781487589356

Edition

Topic

Literature

Subtopic

North American Literary Criticism

Index

Literature

Contents
Introduction
PART I: NEW FOUND LANDS
1. The Voyagers
2. Explorers by Land (to 1867)
3. Explorers by Sea: The West Coast
PART II: THE TRANSPLANTING OF TRADITIONS
4. Overture to Nationhood
5. Settlement
6. Haliburton
7. Literary Activity in the Maritime Provinces (1815-1880)
8. Literary Activity in the Canadas (1812-1841)
9. Literary Activity in Canada East and West (1841-1880)
10. Folktales and Folk Songs
11. Literary Publishing
PART III: THE EMERGENCE OF A TRADITION
12. Confederation to the First World War
13. Historical Writing in Canada (to 1920)
14. The Growth of Canadian English
15. New Forces: New Fiction (1880-1920)
16. The Kinds of Fiction (18 80-1920)
17. Writers of Fiction (1880-1920)
18. Essays and Travel Books
19. Nature Writers and the Animal Story
20. Lampman and Roberts
21. Crawford, Carman, and D. C. Scott
22. Minor Poets (1880-1920)
23. Philosophical Literature (to 1910
24. Scientific Writings
25. Literature of Protest
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES
INDEX