Canadian Literature & Poetry
in English
Ethnic & Religious Minority Writers
Encyclopedias, Handbooks & Bibliographies
The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature
A comprehensive, authoritative guide to many different genres,
topics, and aspects of Canadian literary history, including diasporic literatures and Asian-Canadian literatures.
The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature
A complete English-language history of Canadian writing in
English and French from its beginnings, with an emphasis on literary, poetic, and dramatic
works published since the 1960s. It analyzes social
and cultural changes in Canada during the postwar period (and their influence on
literature) and the
emergence of multicultural writing.
Canadian Literature
A critical study of Canadian literature, which examines the role
of ethnicity, race, colonization and other factors in the development of Canadian writing.
PR 9189.6 .H36
2007
Stacks
Five-Part Invention: A History of Literary History in Canada
Composed of five parts: immigrant communities, English Canada,
French Canada, First-Nations communities, and Inuit communities.
Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
Describes writing affected by the process of colonization,
including Canadian literature: individual writers, national literary developments, and major
genres that provide a cross-cultural view.
Ethnic and Native Canadian Literature: A Bibliography
An older book (published in 1990), but it remains an excellent
resource for locating poetry, fiction, and drama authored by foreign-born authors residing in
Canada.
Z 1376 .E87 M57
1990
Reference
Asian-Canadian Literature & Poetry
Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry
Poems by a number of well-known writers as well as fresh new
poetic voices, forming an eloquent and fiery portrait of the Chinese-Canadian experience: Fred
Wah, Rita Wong, Jim Wong-Chu, Kam Sein Yee, Paul Yee and others.
PR 9195.35 .C54
S92 1999
Stacks
Toward the North: Stories by Chinese-Canadian Writers
The first anthology of thirteen short fiction pieces written
and translated by Chinese-Canadian writers during the last two decades, each of which depicts
the contemporary lives of new Chinese immigrants to Canada, and illustrates newcomers’
perspectives of multicultural Canada.
PR 9197.3 .P65
2017
Stacks
In Flux: Transnational Shifts in Asian Canadian Writing
Investigates the shifting currents of citizenship,
globalization, and cultural practices facing Asian Canadians today through the connections of
place and identity that have been forged through our developing national literature.
PR 9195.35 .A8
M55 2011
Stacks
Asianfail: Narratives of Disenchantment and the Model Minority
An exploration of literature, plays, and film that reveals how
young Asian Americans and Asian Canadians have struggled with the ethos of self-sacrifice
preached by their parents.
E49.2 .A75 T92
2017
Stacks
reviewed & updated 20 May 2021 | compiled by Agatha Barc, MI