Canadian Exploration Literature: An Anthology

by Germaine Warkentin

Overview

First published by Oxford University Press in 1993, Exploration Literature is a groundbreaking collection of early writing inspired by the opening of a continent.With maps, notes, and thumbnail biographies of these early writers, Exploration Literature is an entry point for both the casual reader and the student of Canadian literature into the beginnings of a literate response to the awe and wonder inspired by an unfolding geography and the literary fundamentals of new nationhood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459721081
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	01/01/2007
Series:	Voyageur Classics , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	600
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Germaine Warkentin is professor emeritus at the University of Toronto and an expert on Renaissance writing and early Canadian literature.