What if you woke up and began your morning by devoting the rest of your life to a murderous rampage, a never-ending cannibalistic spree? And what if you were only one of thousands who shared the same
Profiling one of the world's finest contemporary short story writers, this biography charts Alice Munro's development as both a wife and mother and a serious writer. Exploring her ability to tantalize
This volume gathers North American cultural comment and literary criticism on the role of particular cultures in what is commonly referred to as Canadian and Quebecois literature.
Pierre Trudeau is one of the most fascinating figures to emerge from Canada in the 20th century. This book plots the course of Trudeau's remarkable life: a lively narrative follows the youthful Trudea
Charting the prodigious life and career of one of Canada's best-known artists, this illustrated biography shows Alex Colville as both artist and public figure, engaging many worlds at once?from painti
Originally published in a small edition in 1954, A Tree for Poverty was Margaret Laurence's first published book. In this new edition, Laurence's collection of Somali poems and stories is accompanied
In this study of Alice Munro's writing style, James Carscallen reveals a consistency to her works previously unsuspected, creating an unconscious thread throughout Munro's creations. Carscallen sets o
Each book in this series offers a unique reading of a specific novel, revealing detailed information on the author's life, the importance of the book, and the critical reception of the book. A selecte
Stephen Leacock, Canada's foremost literary humorist, enjoyed a huge popular success in his time, and a number of his comic works, especially Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, still have the power t
This first full-length study of Timothy Findley argues that his novels and short stories are part of a system of war texts. Not only is Findley's fiction haunted by the specter of war; it is also a c
A discussion of the work of 10 fiction writers representing the range of Canadian fiction during the past 50 years that emphasizes artistry rather than theme or the exploration of national identity. T
The poems in this collection, representing work from the decade 1980?1990, range from evocations of common objects?a sea shell or a twisted nail?to explorations of an inner world of memory and imagina
These studies of Canadian authors fulfill a real need in the study of Canadian literature. Each monograph is a separately bound study of about 55 pages. Each contains a biography of the author, a desc
Noted Canadian critic Frank Davey said that John Newlove had developed ?one of the most direct and visually precise styles in twentieth-century poetry.” Here Newlove is at his finest in a collection o
