Landscapes of War and Memory: The Two World Wars in Canadian Literature and the Arts, 1977 to 2007

"That Canada remains a society haunted by its war history seems clear."

Since 1977, a new generation of Canadian writers and artists has been mapping the cultural landscapes formed by the memories of war we have inherited, and also the ones we are expected to forget. Challenging, even painful, the art and literature in Grace's magisterial study build causeways into history, connecting us to trials and traumas many Canadians have never known but that haunt society in subtle and compelling wa...