Modern Realism in English-Canadian Fiction

A bold reading of the modern-realist aesthetic and an articulate challenge to several enduring and limiting myths about Canadian writing, __Modern Realism in English- Canadian Fiction__ will stimulate important debate in literary circles everywhere. Much Of The Scholarship On Twentieth-century Canadian Literature Has Argued That English-canadian Fiction Was Plagued By Backwardness And An Inability To Engage Fully With The Movement Of Modernism That Was So Prevalent In British And American Fiction And Poetry. Modern Realism In English-canadian Fiction Re-evaluates Canadian Literary Culture To Posit That It Has Been Misunderstood Because It Is A Distinct Genre, A Regional Form Of The Larger International Modernist Movement. Examining Literary Magazines, Manifestos, Archival Documents, And Major Writers Such As Frederick Philip Grove, Morley Callaghan, And Raymond Knister, Colin Hill Identifies A 'modern Realism' That Crosses Regions As Well As Urban And Rural Divides. A Bold Reading Of The Modern-realist Aesthetic And An Articulate Challenge To Several Enduring And Limiting Myths About Canadian Writing, Modern Realism In English- Canadian Fiction Will Stimulate Important Debate In Literary Circles Everywhere.--publisher's Website. 1. The Modern-realist Movement: Contexts, Aesthetics, Origins. -- 2. Manifestos For A Modern Realism: Canadian Bookman And The Canadian Forum Of The 1920s. -- 3. Raymond Knister: Revolutionary Modern Realist. -- 4. The Proliferation Of Modern Realism In Canada, Part 1: Prairie Realism Re-evaluated. -- 5. Frederick Philip Grove's Eclectic Realism And 'the Great Tradition'. -- 6. The Proliferation Of Modern Realism In Canada, Part 2: Urban And Social Realism Reclaimed. -- 7. Morley Callaghan's Cosmopolitan Modern Realism. -- 8. Modern Realism And Canadian Literature. Colin Hill. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [251]-271) And Index.

Much of the scholarship on twentieth-century Canadian literature has argued that English-Canadian fiction was plagued by backwardness and an inability to engage fully with the movement of modernism that was so prevalent in British and American fiction and poetry. Modern Realism in English-Canadian Fiction re-evaluates Canadian literary culture to posit that it has been misunderstood because it is a distinct genre, a regional form of the larger international modernist movement.

Examining literary magazines, manifestos, archival documents, and major writers such as Frederick Philip Grove, Morley Callaghan, and Raymond Knister, Colin Hill identifies a 'modern realism' that crosses regions as well as urban and rural divides. A bold reading of the modern-realist aesthetic and an articulate challenge to several enduring and limiting myths about Canadian writing, Modern Realism in English- Canadian Fiction will stimulate important debate in literary circles everywhere.

"Much of the scholarship on twentieth-century Canadian literature has argued that English-Canadian fiction was plagued by backwardness and an inability to engage fully with the movement of modernism that was so prevalent in British and American fiction and poetry. Modern Realism in English-Canadian Fiction re-evaluates Canadian literary culture to posit that it has been misunderstood because it is a distinct genre, a regional form of the larger international modernist movement. Examining literary magazines, manifestos, archival documents, and major writers such as Frederick Philip Grove, Morley Callaghan, and Raymond Knister, Colin Hill identifies a 'modern realism' that crosses regions as well as urban and rural divides. A bold reading of the modern-realist aesthetic and an articulate challenge to several enduring and limiting myths about Canadian writing, Modern Realism in English- Canadian Fiction will stimulate important debate in literary circles everywhere." --Site de l'éditeur Contents 7 Acknowledgments 9 1. The Modern-Realist Movement: Contexts, Aesthetics, Origins 11 2. Manifestos for a Modern Realism: Canadian Bookman and The Canadian Forum in the 1920s 33 3. Raymond Knister: Revolutionary Modern Realist 65 4. The Proliferation of Modern Realism in Canada, Part 1: Prairie Realism Re-evaluated 88 5. Frederick Philip Grove’s Eclectic Realism and ‘The Great Tradition’ 132 6. The Proliferation of Modern Realism in Canada, Part 2: Urban and Social Realism Reclaimed 152 7. Morley Callaghan’s Cosmopolitan Modern Realism 199 8. Modern Realism and Canadian Literature 226 Notes 233 Bibliography 261 Index 283