Canadian Literature & Poetry
in English
Women’s Writing
Biographies
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
The Biography provides authoritative biographical
information about significant figures of Canada’s past who died between the years 1000
and 1930, or whose last known date of activity falls within these years.
There are detailed articles on Canada’s major historical
figures, and short articles on minor personages who have hitherto found no place in reference
works or general histories.
Profiles in Canadian Literature 1980–
An on-going series since 1980, these volumes contain studies of
a broad range of authors from a variety of regions and periods. Each author is presented in
four sections: a brief essay about the writer’s work; a chronology of the works;
comments by the writer, and comments by other critics. A bibliography of primary works and
criticisms provides suggestions for further research and study.
ECW’s Biographical Guide to Canadian Novelists
Includes such notables as Susanna Moodie, James De Mille,
Stephen Leacock, Margaret Laurence, Alice Munro and Audrey Thomas. Brief biographies include
titles of works published and awards earned.
Arrangement by date of birth, the coverage begins in 1724, and
ends with Matt Cohen (born in 1942).
PR 9186.2 .E28
1993
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Canadian Writers 1920–1959, First Series
Alphabetically arranged essays have description of life and
work, career chronology and a bio-critical narrative for each author. Reproduces samples of
text, manuscript, title pages and dust jackets. Often includes photographs of authors and
handwriting samples.
Canadian Writers 1920–1959, Second Series
This volume covers the English language and French language
writers of Canada who established their careers between 1920 and 1959. Illustrations include
photographs of manuscripts and book jackets, as well as portraits of the writers.
References are provided for further reading, and locations of
archival papers are noted.
Canadian Writers Since 1960, First Series
Biographies of major writers placed in the perspective of
literary history; includes some minor figures. Has drawings, paintings, and photographs of
authors; title pages and dust jackets of their works reproduced in facsimile.
Alphabetical arrangement of works and books, multi media
productions and periodical publications. An extensive biography about the author follows, with
an analysis of style and used. Interviews are listed and a select bibliography concludes the
entry.
Canadian Writers Since 1960, Second Series
This work extends the First Series by providing
additional biographies, critical overviews and bibliographies to English language and French
language Canadian writers whose careers were established during the decades of the 1970s and
1980s.
Canadian Novelists, 1920–1945
Biographical and bibliographical information concerning authors
either Canadian born or established residents who have published fiction since 1920.
Note that there is nothing after 1945; use in conjunction with
other bibliographies. Appendix at the end classifies authors according to the genre into which
their works fit. Published in 1946.
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Bibliographies
Database of Canada’s Early Women Writers
Women authors who either lived for an extensive period of time
in Canada or self-identified as Canadian, and who published some form of writing in English—in
any genre and in any forum—up to and including 1950.
An entry for each writer includes the dates and places of the
author’s birth and death, a bibliography of published works, and places of residence.
Canada’s Early Women Writers: Texts in English to 1859
This bibliographical study presents 152 women-authored
English-language texts relating to Canada that were published from 1728 to 1859, including the
works of Frances Brooke, Anna Jameson, Susanna Moodie, and Catherine Parr Traill.
Included are monographas that appeared before 1860, and
personal life-writings (letters, diaries, travel journals) written before 1860 that were
published later.
Z 1376 .W65
G47 1994
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The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women
Authors and Their Books, 1836–1945
A bibliography detailing writings by Canadians as well as
British and American travellers on their impressions of Canada and many different cultural
aspects of the country in the nineteenth and twentieth century. The compendium features brief
biographies of the authors, short descriptions of their books, and a comprehensive index of
of the subject matter of their books.
Bibliography of Feminist Criticism
An older book (published in 1987), but it includes
bibliographical lists of retrospective feminist criticism not published elsewhere. Also
contains citation information of books, articles, theses, reviews on feminist literary theory
interviews, general studies of feminist writers, dissertations about feminist literary theory,
images of women in men’s writing, images of men, and feminist presses.
Z 1377 .F38
G63 1987
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Contemporary Canadian and U.S. Women of Letters: An Annotated
Bibliography
Provides a bibliography for sixteen contemporary writers from
Canada and the United States. Although works of poetry and fiction are listed, the annotations
are restricted to the critical and theoretical works of the writers.
Canadian writers profiled in the volume include: Louky
Bersianik, Nicole Brossard, Aritha Van Herk, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Jay Macpherson, Daphne
Marlatt and Jane Rule.
Z 1376 .W65
G46 1993
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reviewed & updated 20 May 2021 | compiled by Agatha Barc, MI