Profiles in Canadian Literature

Profiles in Canadian Literature
Author: Jeffrey M. Heath
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 169
Release: 1991-09-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1550021451

A series of essays on Canadian authors profiling the writers work, providing insight into themes, and giving a chronology of the authors life.

Profiles in Canadian Literature 8

Profiles in Canadian Literature 8
Author: Jeffrey M. Heath
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1991-09-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1770700668

Profiles in Canadian Literature is a wide-ranging series of essays on Canadian authors. Each profile acquaints the reader with the writer’s work, providing insight into themes, techniques, and special characteristics, as well as a chronology of the author’s life. Finally, there is a bibliography of primary works and criticism that suggests avenues for further study. "I know of no better introduction to these writers, and the studies in question are full of basic information not readily obtainable elsewhere."-U of T Quarterly

Reference Sources for Canadian Literary Studies

Reference Sources for Canadian Literary Studies
Author: Joseph Jones
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780802087409

Reference Sources for Canadian Literary Studies offers the first full-scale bibliography of writing on and in the field of Canadian literary studies. Approximately one thousand annotated entries are arranged by reference genre, with sub-groupings related to literary genre.

Canadian Literature in English

Canadian Literature in English
Author: W. J. Keith
Publisher: The Porcupine's Quill
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2006
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780889842854

W. J. Keith has chosen to ignore utterly both the `popular' at the one extreme (Robert Service, Lucy Maud Montgomery) as well as the `avant-garde' at the other (bpnichol, Anne Carson) in favour of those authors whose style lends itself to the simple pleasure of reading, and to that end Keith dedicates his history to `all those -- including those of the general reading public whose endangered status is much lamented -- who recognize and celebrate the dance of words.'

Chien D'or/The Golden Dog

Chien D'or/The Golden Dog
Author: William Kirby
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 1147
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 077354030X

A beloved literary artefact, presented for the first time as the author intended.

From the Heart of the Heartland

From the Heart of the Heartland
Author: John Moss
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1992-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 077661598X

This volume gathers together authors and critics to reappraise the legacy of Sinclair Ross. Beyond Ross’ major novel As For Me and My House, the contributors reestablish the value of his other writings in their literary and historical contexts.

Canadian Reference Sources

Canadian Reference Sources
Author: Mary E. Bond
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 1102
Release: 1996
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780774805650

In parallel columns of French and English, lists over 4,000 reference works and books on history and the humanities, breaking down the large divisions by subject, genre, type of document, and province or territory. Includes titles of national, provincial, territorial, or regional interest in every subject area when available. The entries describe the core focus of the book, its range of interest, scholarly paraphernalia, and any editions in the other Canadian language. The humanities headings are arts, language and linguistics, literature, performing arts, philosophy, and religion. Indexed by name, title, and French and English subject. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century

Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century
Author: Eric L. Haralson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 598
Release: 2014-01-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317763246

With contributions from over 100 scholars, the Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Centry provides essays on the careers, works, and backgrounds of more than 100 nineteenth-century poets. It also provides entries on specialized categories of twentieth-century verse such as hymns, folk ballads, spirituals, Civil War songs, and Native American poetry. Besides presenting essential factual information, each entry amounts to an in-depth critical essay, and includes a bibliography that directs readers to other works by and about a particular poet.