Canadian Literature & Poetry
in English
Fiction
Gothic, Fantasy & Science Fiction
Canadian Gothic Literature, History, and the Spectre of
Self-Invention
Explores the origins and history of the Canadian gothic
tradition, tracing the ways that the Gothic genre has been reinvented for a specifically
Canadian context.
Authored discussed in the book are Dionne Brand, David
Chariandy, Wayson Choy, Hiromi Goto, Suzette Mayr, and Michael Ondaatje.
PR 9185.5 .G67
S84 2014
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Unsettled Remains: Canadian Literature and the Postcolonial
Gothic
Examines how Canadian writers have combined a postcolonial
awareness with gothic metaphors of monstrosity and haunting in their response to Canadian
history.
Authors whose work is analyzed in the book include Charles de
Guise, Farley Mowat, Sheila Watson, Joy Kagawa, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Janice Kulyk Keefer,
Tomson Highway, Eden Robinson, Michael Crummey, and Vincent Lam.
DisPossession: Haunting in Canadian Fiction
Incorporating both psychoanalytic and non-traditional methods
of literary analysis, Goldman explores the ways in which spectral fictions are an expression
of definitive Canadian experiences, such as the clashes between invading settler and
Indigenous populations.
The Haunted Wilderness: The Gothic and Grotesque in Canadian
Fiction
A detailed analysis of a limited number of works, some from the
nineteenth century, and others from the twentieth century. Focus is on varieties of gothic and
grotesque fiction rather than specific authors. Demonstrates that gothicism, in varying
degrees, has always been a continuing feature of Canadian fiction.
Strange Things: The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature
Focuses on the imaginative mystique of the wilderness of the
Canadian North. Writers discussed include Robert Service, Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, E.J.
Pratt, Marian Engel, Margaret Laurence and Gwendolyn MacEwan.
PR 9185.2 .A95
2004
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Worlds of Wonder: Readings in Canadian Science Fiction and
Fantasy Literature
Studies the emergence of science fiction and fantasy within a
general context of Canadian literature and culture.
Historical Fiction
Speculative Fictions: Contemporary Canadian Novelists and the
Writing of History
An analysis of the historical concerns and textual strategies
of selected historical novels published since 1973.
Drawing on the work of theorists and critics,
this book examines the nature of the engagement with Canadian history in the text of the
novels.
National Plots: Historical Fiction and Changing Ideas of Canada
The collection studies the significance of the roles that
historical fiction has played within Canadian culture for nearly two centuries.
Realism
Modern Realism in English-Canadian Fiction
Evaluates Canadian literary culture and argues that it is a
distinct genre, a regional form of the larger international modernist movement.
Examines major as well as lesser known Canadian writers,
including Frederick Philip Grove, Morley Callaghan, and Raymond Knister.
Stories of the Middle Space: Reading the Ethics of Postmodern
Realisms
PR 9192.5 .B67
2010
Stacks
reviewed & updated 20 May 2021 | compiled by Agatha Barc, MI