Anthologizing Canadian Literature: Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives
Robert Lecker
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Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 700.
The first collection of critical essays devoted to the study of English-Canadian literary anthologies brings together the work of thirteen prominent critics to investigate anthology formation in Canada and answer these key questions: Why are there so many literary anthologies in Canada, and how can we trace their history? What role have anthologies played in the formation of Canadian literary taste? How have anthologies influenced the training of students from generation to generation? What literary values do the editors of various anthologies tend to support, and how do these values affect canon formation in Canada? How have different genres fared ... Read more
The first collection of critical essays devoted to the study of English-Canadian literary anthologies brings together the work of thirteen prominent critics to investigate anthology formation in Canada and answer these key questions: Why are there so many literary anthologies in Canada, and how can we trace their history? What role have anthologies played in the formation of Canadian literary taste? How have anthologies influenced the training of students from generation to generation? What literary values do the editors of various anthologies tend to support, and how do these values affect canon formation in Canada? How have different genres fared ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781771121071
SKU
V9781771121071
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99-15
About Robert Lecker
Robert Lecker is Greenshields Professor of English at McGill University. He is the editor of several anthologies, most recently Open Country: Canadian Literature in English , and the author of numerous books and articles, including On the Line, Robert Kroetsch, Another I, Making It Real, Dr. Delicious, The Cadence of Civil Elegies , and Keepers of the Code.
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