Canadian Literature & Poetry
in English
Indigenous Literatures
Indigenous Poetry: Anthologies, History & Criticism
Native Poetry in Canada: A Contemporary Anthology
Selection of poems from both critically-acclaimed poets and
poets whose work has not previously been published. Represents a record of Native cultural
revival as it emerged from the 1960s to 2000 as portrayed in the works of Lee Maracle, Rita
Joe, Wayne Keon and many others.
PR 9195.35
.I5 N36 2001
Stacks
Honouring the Strength of Indian Women: Plays, Stories, Poetry
This critical edition delivers a comprehensive collection of
the works of Ktunaxa-Secwepemc writer and educator Vera Manuel, daughter of prominent
Indigenous leaders Marceline Paul and George Manuel.
A vibrant force in the burgeoning Indigenous theatre scene,
Manuel was at the forefront of residential school writing and did groundbreaking work as a
dramatherapist and healer.
Long before mainstream Canada understood and discussed the
impact and devastating legacy of the residential schools, Manuel wrote about it as part of
her personal and community healing.
PR 9199.3
.M288 2019
Stacks
My Home as I Remember
An edited anthology comprising poetry, short stories, and
artwork created by First Nations, Inuit and Métis women across Canada and the United States,
including contributions from New Zealand and Mexico.
Indigenous Poetics in Canada
Explores a wider sense of poetics, including Indigenous
oralities, languages, and understandings of place.
It examines four elements of Indigenous poetics: the poetics of
memory, performance, place and space, and the poetics of medicine.
The Decolonizing Poetics of Indigenous Literatures
Neuhaus uncovers residues of ancestral languages found in
Indigenous uses of English. She shows how these remainders ground a reading strategy that
enables us to approach Indigenous texts as literature, with its own discursive and rhetorical
traditions that underpin its cultural and historical contexts.
Shaping a World Already Made: Landscape and Poetry of the
Canadian Prairies
Traci, a cultural geographer, explores how reading poetry
influences the way we see the Prairies. The book analyzes the texts of Indigenous poets such
as Emma LaRocque, Marilyn Dumont, Armand Ruffo, and others.
Avant Canada: Poets, Prophets, Revolutionaries
A collection of original essays and creative works on a
representative array of avant-garde literary movements in Canada from the
past fifty years, from the work of Leonard Cohen and bpNichol to that of Jordan Abel and Liz
Howard.
Also explores intersection of Canadian avant-gardisms and
Indigenous decolonization and discusses topics such as the relationship between Canadian and
Indigenous literatures, cultural appropriation, gender and the Conceptual Writing movement.
In the Belly of a Laughing God: Humour and Irony in Native Women’s Poetry
Examines how eight contemporary Native women poets in Canada
and the United States employ humour and irony to address the intricacies of race, gender, and
nationality.
PR 9190.9
.I53 A64 2011
Stacks
Indigenous Drama & Theatre: Anthologies, History & Criticism
Indian Act: Residential School Plays
A collection of works by Indigenous playwrights Drew Hayden
Taylor, Tara Beagan, Curtis Peeteetuce, Yvette Nolan, and more. Seven plays by contemporary
Indigenous playwrights cover the broad scope of residential school experiences.
PR 9196.7 .I53
I55 2018
Stacks
Honouring the Strength of Indian Women: Plays, Stories, Poetry
This critical edition delivers a comprehensive collection of the
works of Ktunaxa-Secwepemc writer and educator Vera Manuel, daughter of prominent Indigenous
leaders Marceline Paul and George Manuel.
A vibrant force in the burgeoning Indigenous theatre scene,
Manuel was at the forefront of residential school writing and did groundbreaking work as a
dramatherapist and healer.
Long before mainstream Canada understood and discussed the
impact and devastating legacy of the residential schools, Manuel wrote about it as part of her
personal and community healing.
PR 9199.3 .M288
2019
Stacks
Performing Turtle Island: Indigenous Theatre on the World Stage
This book analyzes theatre as a tool for community engagement,
education, and resistance, and examines how communities in turn influence the construction of
Indigenous identities through theatre.
PN 2301 .P47
2019
Stacks
Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada: A Mechanism of
Decolonization
Closely analyzing dramatic texts by Monique Mojica, Marie
Clements, and Yvette Nolan, MacKenzie explores representations of gendered colonialist violence
in order to determine the varying ways in which these representations are employed
subversively and informatively by Indigenous women.
PR 9191.7 .W65
M33 2020
Stacks
Aboriginal Drama and Theatre
Examines trickster drama, performance culture, specific plays,
and historical heritage of Indigenous theatre and drama in Canada.
PR 9194.5 .I5
A36 2005
Stacks
Pursued by a Bear: Talks, Monologues, and Tales
Collection of essays about First-Nations Canadian playwrights
and authors, which examines how Indigenous stories contribute to the Canadian collective
memory.
PR 9188.2 .I54
M67 2005
Stacks
Major Scholarly Journals
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies
Articles, bibliographies, book reviews, and discussions related
to all cultural aspects of Indigenous Peoples, including literature. Peer-reviewed.
Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews
Includes articles on the study of poetry Canada from all regions and periods. Peer-reviewed.
Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review
Includes articles, interviews and commentaries on Canadian
writing. Peer-reviewed.
Journal of Canadian Studies
Includes articles on a wide range of studies on Canada:
literature, arts, architecture, anthropology, community planning, culture, the economy,
education, history, Indigenous issues, politics and public affairs, and sociology.
Peer-reviewed.
reviewed & updated 11 November 2021 | compiled by Agatha Barc, MI