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9780195411676 English 0195411676 The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature was first published in 1983 to great acclaim. In the fourteen years since its publication Canadian literature has enjoyed an explosion of creative talent. This exciting new edition reflects this vivid flowering, adding more than 360 new entries as well as updating material from the original to reflect recent publications and changes in the biographies of writers previously included. As before, the entries cover fiction, prose, poetry, and drama, prominent writers, literary magazines, and publishers. Highlights include The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz , Sandra Birdsell, Neil Bissoondath, Boston Mills Press, Caribbean-Canadian literature, Censorship, Creeps, The English Patient , William Gibson, Gay and Lesbian Literature, Barbara Gowdy, The Handmaid's Tale , Alberto Manguel, and The Rebel Angels , among many others. This completely revised edition is not only an indispensable resource, but a browser's delight for anyone interested in Canadian literature., This edition brings this reference work up-to-date, with more than 350 new entries on many new writers, new books, and extended entries on established authors. In keeping with the original, entries cover fiction, prose, poetry, and drama, prominent writers, literary magazines, publishers and more general topics. All existing entries have been completely updated to reflect the more recent publications by writers included in the original edition. This revised edition includes recent Canadian works, authors and ideas from The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz to the Rebel Angles, Sandra Birdsell to Eric Wright, Brick to the Writer's Development Trust, and Caribbean-Canadian literature to War literature.
9780195411676 English 0195411676 The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature was first published in 1983 to great acclaim. In the fourteen years since its publication Canadian literature has enjoyed an explosion of creative talent. This exciting new edition reflects this vivid flowering, adding more than 360 new entries as well as updating material from the original to reflect recent publications and changes in the biographies of writers previously included. As before, the entries cover fiction, prose, poetry, and drama, prominent writers, literary magazines, and publishers. Highlights include The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz , Sandra Birdsell, Neil Bissoondath, Boston Mills Press, Caribbean-Canadian literature, Censorship, Creeps, The English Patient , William Gibson, Gay and Lesbian Literature, Barbara Gowdy, The Handmaid's Tale , Alberto Manguel, and The Rebel Angels , among many others. This completely revised edition is not only an indispensable resource, but a browser's delight for anyone interested in Canadian literature., This edition brings this reference work up-to-date, with more than 350 new entries on many new writers, new books, and extended entries on established authors. In keeping with the original, entries cover fiction, prose, poetry, and drama, prominent writers, literary magazines, publishers and more general topics. All existing entries have been completely updated to reflect the more recent publications by writers included in the original edition. This revised edition includes recent Canadian works, authors and ideas from The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz to the Rebel Angles, Sandra Birdsell to Eric Wright, Brick to the Writer's Development Trust, and Caribbean-Canadian literature to War literature.