A History of Canadian Literature

by W. H. New

Overview

"New...has written an untraditional book, for it approaches Canadian literature in a novel fashion, includes a whole new aspect of the national written record, places books in a supplementary chronological table...that relates them to international social and cultural events and movements, and assumes both the general reader and the scholar as its user."—Choice

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781561310401
Publisher:	Dee, Ivan R. Publisher
Publication date:	04/21/1998
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.08(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

W. H. New is the editor of the critical quarterly Canadian Literature and the author of Articulating West and Dreams of Speech and Violence.

Editorial Reviews

New offers an unconventionally structured overview of Canadian literature, from Native American mythologies to contemporary texts. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

New (English, Univ. of British Columbia) has done a marvelous job of detailing the taproots and multiple branches of Canada's English and French literatures, in all their forms. Beginning with Inuit and Indian myths, New charts the development of Canadian literature to early 1987. In the process, he ties many of its themes to the history, politics, and social organization of the emerging nation. A useful chronology links literature and historical events, and a fine bibliography of primarily Canadian sources is also included. New shows clearly that Canada's literature has come of age. Recommended for all academic and most public libraries.-- Terry Skeats, Bishop's Univ., Lennoxville, Quebec

Library Journal

New (English, University of British Columbia) begins with an account of the early myths of the New World, and proceeds to examine the work of Canadian writers in English and in French from the 1760's to the present day. Printed in China. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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