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the reshaping of Canadian writing

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Porcupine's Quill
Language
English
Pages
211

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Subjects

Canadian fiction, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Canadian fiction, history and criticism, Globalization, Romans, Verlag, Bestseller, Literatur, Canadian fiction (English), Roman canadien-anglais, Histoire et critique, Mondialisation, Aspect social

Places

Canada

Times

20th century

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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: WRITERS AND WORDS
JosefSkvoreckyand Canadian Cultural Cringe 19
Writing in Canadian: The Problem of the Novel 31
Layton and the Feminist 41
In the Heart of Toronto's Darkness 45
Behind the Best-Seller List 51
'Appropriation of Voice': An Open Letter 59
The Terrible Truth About 'Appropriation of Voice' 63
A Language for the Americas 71
Giller's Version 83
The Canadian Writer Between Post-Colonialism and Globalization 91
Linking Short Stories in an Age of Fragmentation log
PART TWO: WHEN WORDS DENY THE WORLD
1. Free Trade Fiction:
The Victory of Metaphor Over History 133
2. Vulgarity on Bloor:
Literary Institutions from CanLit to TorLit 157
3. 'They Can't Be About Things Here': The Reshaping of the Canadian Novel 179
Acknowledgements 213.

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Published in
Erin, Ont

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.5409971
Library of Congress
PR9192.5 .H46 2002, PS8565.E5327 W44 2002

The Physical Object

Pagination
211 p. ;
Number of pages
211

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Open Library
OL3627328M
Internet Archive
whenwordsdenywor0000heni
ISBN 10
088984240X
LCCN
2002416015
Library Thing
2487357
Goodreads
2061370

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