Literary History of Canada : Canadian Literature in English, Volume IV (Second Edition)

This new volume of the __Literary History of Canada__ covers the continuing development of English-Canadian writing from 1972 to 1984. As with the three earlier volumes, this book is an invaluable guide to recent developments in English-Canadian literature and a resource for both the general reader and the specialist researcher.

This new volume of the Literary History of Canada covers the continuing development of English-Canadian writing from 1972 to 1984. As with the three earlier volumes, this book is an invaluable guide to recent developments in English-Canadian literature and a resource for both the general reader and the specialist researcher.

The contributors to this volume are Laurie Ricou, David Jackel, Linda Hutcheon, Philip Stratford, Barry Cameron, Balachandra Rajan, Robert Fothergill, Brian Parker, Cynthia Zimmerman, Frances Frazer, Edith Fowke, Bruce G. Trigger, Alan C. Cairns, Douglas Williams, Carl Berger, Shirley Neuman, Raymond S. Corteen, and Francess G. Halpenny.

Contents 7 Preface 9 Introduction 11 1. Poetry 33 2. Short Fiction 78 3. The Novel 105 4. Translation 129 5. Theory and Criticism: Trends in Canadian Literature 140 6. Scholarship and Criticism 165 7. Writing for Radio, Television, and Film 191 8. Theatre and Drama 218 9. Children's Literature 249 10. Folklore 262 11. Anthropological Literature 273 12. Writings in Political Science 295 13. Writings in Canadian History 325 14. Life-Writing 365 15. Writings in Psychology 403 16. From Author to Reader 417 Notes 437 Contributors 465 Index 469