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

Published by University of Toronto Press 1976

Literary History of Canada

Canadian Literature in English (Second Edition) Volume I

Edited by: Carl Klinck , Alfred Bailey , Claude Bissell , Roy Daniells , Northrop Frye and Desmond Pacey

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https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487589356

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About this book

This major effort of a large group of scholars working in the field of English-language Canadian literature provides a comprehensive, up-to-date reference work. It represents a positive attempt to give a history of Canada in terms of writings which deserve attention because of significant thought, form, and use of language.

Author / Editor information

Klinck Carl :

Carl F. Klinck (1908-1990) was a Canadian literary historian and academic. In 1928, he became an associate professor of English at Waterloo College, becoming head of the department in 1940. From 1943 to 1948, he was the Dean of Waterloo College. He was the general editor of Literary History of Canada in 1965.
Bailey Alfred :

Alfred G. Bailey (1905-1997) was an ethnohistorian, anthropologist, university builder and administrator, and among the first of Canada's "modernist" poets. He was Honorary Librarian and CEO of the University of New Brunswick Library from 1946 to 1959. From 1946 to 1964, he was the first Dean of Arts at UNB, and from 1965 to 1969, he was Vice President Academic. He retired in 1970.
Bissell Claude :

Claude Bissell (1916-2000) was a Canadian author and educator. In 1952 he was made assistant professor at the University of Toronto. From 1956 to 1958 he was president of Carleton College (now Carleton University), and returned to the University of Toronto in 1958 to become the eighth president from 1958 to 1971.
Daniells Roy :

Roy Daniells (1902-1979) was a Canadian poetry professor. In 1965, Daniells was named the first University Professor of English Language and Literature. He helped build the University of British Columbia's creative writing department and fostered the careers of several major Canadian writers.
Frye Northrop :

Northrop Frye (1912-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential English scholars and literary critics. Northrop Frye was a professor in the Department of English at Victoria University in the University of Toronto from 1939 until his death. His works include Words with Power and Anatomy of Criticism.

Pacey Desmond :

Desmond Pacey (1917-1975) was a pioneer of Canadian literary criticism. He was also a notable author of verse and short fiction and a long-time university administrator – as dean of graduate studies, as academic vice president, and as acting president – until his death in 1975. He was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal by the Royal Society of Canada in 1972.

Reviews

' ... this book performs a rare and valuable service: it relates literature to the culture and history of the land.'

'Delightfully readable ... Ideal for courses in Canadian literature, the book should be read by every English major. Strongly recommended to all libraries.'

Hilda Neatby:
'The variety of theme – there are chapters on history, philosophy, travel books, animal stories, and children's books as well as on the conventional poetry, novels, drama, and belles-lettres – and the freshness and vigour of writing, based for the most part on the original investigations of the authors, combine to produce a volume which is itself an important event in Canadian literary history ... No one can fail to be grateful for the labour and learning which have gone into the production of a remarkable contribution to our cultural and intellectual history.'

'Brilliant'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PART I: NEW FOUND LANDS
1. The Voyagers David Galloway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Explorers by Land (to 1867) Victor G. Hopwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3. Explorers by Sea: The West Coast Victor G. Hopwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
PART II: THE TRANSPLANTING OF TRADITIONS
4. Overture to Nationhood Alfred G. Bailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
5. Settlement Fred Cogswell, James Talman and Ruth Talman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
6. Haliburton Fred Cogswell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
7. Literary Activity in the Maritime Provinces (1815-1880) Fred Cogswell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
8. Literary Activity in the Canadas (1812-1841) Carl F. Klinck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
9. Literary Activity in Canada East and West (1841-1880) Carl F. Klinck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
10. Folktales and Folk Songs Edith Fowke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
11. Literary Publishing H. Pearson Gundy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
PART III: THE EMERGENCE OF A TRADITION
12. Confederation to the First World War Roy Daniells Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
13. Historical Writing in Canada (to 1920) Kenneth N. Windsor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
14. The Growth of Canadian English M. H. Scargill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
15. New Forces: New Fiction (1880-1920) Gordon Roper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
16. The Kinds of Fiction (18 80-1920) Rupert Schieder, S. Ross Beharriell and Gordon Roper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
17. Writers of Fiction (1880-1920) Gordon Roper, S. Ross Beharriell and Rupert Schieder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
18. Essays and Travel Books Brandon Conron and Elizabeth Waterston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	354
19. Nature Writers and the Animal Story Alec Lucas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	380
20. Lampman and Roberts Roy Daniells Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
21. Crawford, Carman, and D. C. Scott Roy Daniells Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	422
22. Minor Poets (1880-1920) Roy Daniells Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	438
23. Philosophical Literature (to 1910 John A. Irving Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447
24. Scientific Writings A. Vibert Douglas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	461
25. Literature of Protest Frank W. Watt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	473
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	493
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	505

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1976
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 564

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Published: February 19, 2019
ISBN: 9781487589356