Cynthia Sugars is Professor of English at the University of Ottawa.

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• Contributors ; Introduction ; Cynthia Sugars (Ottawa) ; Part I: Reflections on the Discipline ; 1. Constructing "Canadian Literature": A Retrospective ; Frank Davey (Western) ; 2. National Literature, Canadian Criticism, and National Character ; Adam Carter (Lethbridge) ; 3. Remembering Canada: The Politics of Cultural Memory ; Richard Cavell (British Columbia) ; 4. Canadian Celebrity Authorship Moves On ; Lorraine York (McMaster) ; 5. Towards a Planetary Poetics: Canadian Poetries after Globalization ; Kit Dobson (Mount Royal) and Erin Wunker (Dalhousie) ; 6. Cultural Studies in Canada: Past, Present, and Future ; Imre Szeman (Alberta) and Andrew Pendakis (Brock) ; Part II: Indigenous Literatures and Contexts ; 7. Contemporary Metis Literature: Resistance, Roots, Innovation ; Emma LaRocque (Manitoba) ; 8. From Profound Silences to Ethical Practices: Aboriginal Writing and Reconciliation ; Jonathan Dewar (Aboriginal Healing Foundation/Algoma) ; 9. Indigenous Autobiography in Canada: Uncovering Intellectual Traditions ; Deanna Reder (Simon Fraser) ; 10. "What Inuit Will Think": Taqralik Partridge and Keavy Martin Talk Inuit Literature ; Taqralik Partridge and Keavy Martin (Alberta) ; 11. In/Hospitable "Aboriginalities" in Contemporary Indigenous Women's Writing ; Julia Emberley (Western) ; Part III: Literary Periods and Genres ; 12. Reading, Writing, and Speaking of Contact: Explorations from Both Sides ; Jennifer Brown (Winnipeg) and Frieda Klippenstein (Parks Canada) ; 13. Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century French-Canadian Literature ; Andrea Cabajsky (Moncton) ; 14. English-Canadian Narratives of Settlement ; Janice Fiamengo (Ottawa) ; 15. British Poets, Classical Myths, Canadian Locations ; D.M.R. Bentley (Western) ; 16. Cosmopolitan Nationalism: Canadian Literature of the Confederation Period, 1867-1914 ; Tracy Ware (Queen's) ; 17. Modernist Poetry in Canada, 1920-1960 ; J.A. Weingarten (Concordia) ; 18. Mid-Century Modernity and Fiction by Women, 1920-1950 ; Carole Gerson (Simon Fraser) ; 19. Mainstream Magazines: Home and Mobility ; Faye Hammill and Michelle Smith (Strathclyde) ; 20. Canadian Drama and the Nationalist Impulse ; Craig Walker (Queen's) ; 21. The Stratford Festival and Canadian Cultural Nationalism ; Ian Rae (Western) ; 22. The Not So Quiet, Nor Short, Revolution Tranquille ; David Leahy (Independent Scholar) ; 23. The Canadian Short Story in English: Aesthetic Agency, Social Change, and the Shifting Canon ; Alexander MacLeod (St. Mary's) ; 24. The English-Canadian Novel: Counter-Memory and the Claims of History, 1950-2000 ; Cynthia Sugars (Ottawa) ; 25. Fracture Mechanics: Canadian Poetry since 1960 ; Tanis MacDonald (Wilfrid Laurier) ; 26. Humour and Irony in Quebec Women's Writing, 1970-2010: Taking the Pulse of a Resistance ; Lucie Joubert (Ottawa) ; 27. The Digital Turn in Canadian and Quebecois Literature ; Kate Eichhorn (New School) ; Part IV: Intra-National Perspectives and Traditions ; 28. Diasporic Citizenship and De-Formations of Citizenship ; Lily Cho (York) ; 29. Black Canadian Literature: Fieldwork and "Post-Race" ; David Chariandy (Simon Fraser) ; 30. (East and Southeast) Asian Canadian Literature: The Strange and the Familiar ; Eleanor Ty (Wilfrid Laurier) ; 31. South-Asian Canadian "Geographies of Voice": Flagging New Critical Mappings ; Mariam Pirbhai (Wilfrid Laurier) ; 32. You Say You've OD'd on Leonard Cohen: Canadian Jewish Writers, Celebrity, and the Mainstream ; Norman Ravvin (Concordia) ; 33. For Better or for Worse: Revisiting ecriture migrante in Quebec ; Marie CarriPre (Alberta) and Catherine Khordoc (Carleton) ; 34. On the Poetics of Arab-Canadian Literature in French and English ; Elizabeth F. Dahab (California State) ; 35. "People are made of places": Perspectives on Region in Atlantic-Canadian Literature ; Tony Tremblay (St. Thomas) ; 36. "If I were a rugged beauty ...": Contemporary Newfoundland Fiction ; Paul Chafe (Ryerson) ; 37. Retracing Prairie Literature ; Alison Calder (Manitoba) ; 38. Canadian Literature on the Pacific Coast ; Nicholas Bradley (Victoria) ; Part V: Critical Fields and New Directions ; 39. Ecocriticism in Canada ; Pamela Banting (Calgary) ; 40. Canadian Postcolonialisms ; Diana Brydon (Manitoba) and Bruno Cornellier (Winnipeg) ; 41. Reading Historiography and Historical Fiction in Twentieth-Century Canada ; Renee Hulan (Saint Mary's) ; 42. Canadian Book History ; Eli MacLaren (McGill) ; 43. Canadian Auto/biography: Life Writing, Biography, and Memoir ; Julie Rak (Alberta) ; 44. Canadian Children's Literature in English ; Deirdre Baker (Toronto) ; 45. Canadian Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory in the "Second Wave" ; Cecily Devereux (Alberta) ; 46. Gay and Lesbian Literature in Canada ; Terry Goldie and Lee Frew (York) ; 47. Survival of the Fittest: CanLit and Disability ; Sally Chivers (Trent) ; 48. Canadian Literature in the Neoliberal Era ; Herb Wyile (Acadia)

Cynthia Sugars is Professor of English at the University of Ottawa.

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• Contributors ; Introduction ; Cynthia Sugars (Ottawa) ; Part I: Reflections on the Discipline ; 1. Constructing "Canadian Literature": A Retrospective ; Frank Davey (Western) ; 2. National Literature, Canadian Criticism, and National Character ; Adam Carter (Lethbridge) ; 3. Remembering Canada: The Politics of Cultural Memory ; Richard Cavell (British Columbia) ; 4. Canadian Celebrity Authorship Moves On ; Lorraine York (McMaster) ; 5. Towards a Planetary Poetics: Canadian Poetries after Globalization ; Kit Dobson (Mount Royal) and Erin Wunker (Dalhousie) ; 6. Cultural Studies in Canada: Past, Present, and Future ; Imre Szeman (Alberta) and Andrew Pendakis (Brock) ; Part II: Indigenous Literatures and Contexts ; 7. Contemporary Metis Literature: Resistance, Roots, Innovation ; Emma LaRocque (Manitoba) ; 8. From Profound Silences to Ethical Practices: Aboriginal Writing and Reconciliation ; Jonathan Dewar (Aboriginal Healing Foundation/Algoma) ; 9. Indigenous Autobiography in Canada: Uncovering Intellectual Traditions ; Deanna Reder (Simon Fraser) ; 10. "What Inuit Will Think": Taqralik Partridge and Keavy Martin Talk Inuit Literature ; Taqralik Partridge and Keavy Martin (Alberta) ; 11. In/Hospitable "Aboriginalities" in Contemporary Indigenous Women's Writing ; Julia Emberley (Western) ; Part III: Literary Periods and Genres ; 12. Reading, Writing, and Speaking of Contact: Explorations from Both Sides ; Jennifer Brown (Winnipeg) and Frieda Klippenstein (Parks Canada) ; 13. Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century French-Canadian Literature ; Andrea Cabajsky (Moncton) ; 14. English-Canadian Narratives of Settlement ; Janice Fiamengo (Ottawa) ; 15. British Poets, Classical Myths, Canadian Locations ; D.M.R. Bentley (Western) ; 16. Cosmopolitan Nationalism: Canadian Literature of the Confederation Period, 1867-1914 ; Tracy Ware (Queen's) ; 17. Modernist Poetry in Canada, 1920-1960 ; J.A. Weingarten (Concordia) ; 18. Mid-Century Modernity and Fiction by Women, 1920-1950 ; Carole Gerson (Simon Fraser) ; 19. Mainstream Magazines: Home and Mobility ; Faye Hammill and Michelle Smith (Strathclyde) ; 20. Canadian Drama and the Nationalist Impulse ; Craig Walker (Queen's) ; 21. The Stratford Festival and Canadian Cultural Nationalism ; Ian Rae (Western) ; 22. The Not So Quiet, Nor Short, Revolution Tranquille ; David Leahy (Independent Scholar) ; 23. The Canadian Short Story in English: Aesthetic Agency, Social Change, and the Shifting Canon ; Alexander MacLeod (St. Mary's) ; 24. The English-Canadian Novel: Counter-Memory and the Claims of History, 1950-2000 ; Cynthia Sugars (Ottawa) ; 25. Fracture Mechanics: Canadian Poetry since 1960 ; Tanis MacDonald (Wilfrid Laurier) ; 26. Humour and Irony in Quebec Women's Writing, 1970-2010: Taking the Pulse of a Resistance ; Lucie Joubert (Ottawa) ; 27. The Digital Turn in Canadian and Quebecois Literature ; Kate Eichhorn (New School) ; Part IV: Intra-National Perspectives and Traditions ; 28. Diasporic Citizenship and De-Formations of Citizenship ; Lily Cho (York) ; 29. Black Canadian Literature: Fieldwork and "Post-Race" ; David Chariandy (Simon Fraser) ; 30. (East and Southeast) Asian Canadian Literature: The Strange and the Familiar ; Eleanor Ty (Wilfrid Laurier) ; 31. South-Asian Canadian "Geographies of Voice": Flagging New Critical Mappings ; Mariam Pirbhai (Wilfrid Laurier) ; 32. You Say You've OD'd on Leonard Cohen: Canadian Jewish Writers, Celebrity, and the Mainstream ; Norman Ravvin (Concordia) ; 33. For Better or for Worse: Revisiting ecriture migrante in Quebec ; Marie CarriPre (Alberta) and Catherine Khordoc (Carleton) ; 34. On the Poetics of Arab-Canadian Literature in French and English ; Elizabeth F. Dahab (California State) ; 35. "People are made of places": Perspectives on Region in Atlantic-Canadian Literature ; Tony Tremblay (St. Thomas) ; 36. "If I were a rugged beauty ...": Contemporary Newfoundland Fiction ; Paul Chafe (Ryerson) ; 37. Retracing Prairie Literature ; Alison Calder (Manitoba) ; 38. Canadian Literature on the Pacific Coast ; Nicholas Bradley (Victoria) ; Part V: Critical Fields and New Directions ; 39. Ecocriticism in Canada ; Pamela Banting (Calgary) ; 40. Canadian Postcolonialisms ; Diana Brydon (Manitoba) and Bruno Cornellier (Winnipeg) ; 41. Reading Historiography and Historical Fiction in Twentieth-Century Canada ; Renee Hulan (Saint Mary's) ; 42. Canadian Book History ; Eli MacLaren (McGill) ; 43. Canadian Auto/biography: Life Writing, Biography, and Memoir ; Julie Rak (Alberta) ; 44. Canadian Children's Literature in English ; Deirdre Baker (Toronto) ; 45. Canadian Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory in the "Second Wave" ; Cecily Devereux (Alberta) ; 46. Gay and Lesbian Literature in Canada ; Terry Goldie and Lee Frew (York) ; 47. Survival of the Fittest: CanLit and Disability ; Sally Chivers (Trent) ; 48. Canadian Literature in the Neoliberal Era ; Herb Wyile (Acadia)

Cynthia Sugars is Professor of English at the University of Ottawa.

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• Contributors ; Introduction ; Cynthia Sugars (Ottawa) ; Part I: Reflections on the Discipline ; 1. Constructing "Canadian Literature": A Retrospective ; Frank Davey (Western) ; 2. National Literature, Canadian Criticism, and National Character ; Adam Carter (Lethbridge) ; 3. Remembering Canada: The Politics of Cultural Memory ; Richard Cavell (British Columbia) ; 4. Canadian Celebrity Authorship Moves On ; Lorraine York (McMaster) ; 5. Towards a Planetary Poetics: Canadian Poetries after Globalization ; Kit Dobson (Mount Royal) and Erin Wunker (Dalhousie) ; 6. Cultural Studies in Canada: Past, Present, and Future ; Imre Szeman (Alberta) and Andrew Pendakis (Brock) ; Part II: Indigenous Literatures and Contexts ; 7. Contemporary Metis Literature: Resistance, Roots, Innovation ; Emma LaRocque (Manitoba) ; 8. From Profound Silences to Ethical Practices: Aboriginal Writing and Reconciliation ; Jonathan Dewar (Aboriginal Healing Foundation/Algoma) ; 9. Indigenous Autobiography in Canada: Uncovering Intellectual Traditions ; Deanna Reder (Simon Fraser) ; 10. "What Inuit Will Think": Taqralik Partridge and Keavy Martin Talk Inuit Literature ; Taqralik Partridge and Keavy Martin (Alberta) ; 11. In/Hospitable "Aboriginalities" in Contemporary Indigenous Women's Writing ; Julia Emberley (Western) ; Part III: Literary Periods and Genres ; 12. Reading, Writing, and Speaking of Contact: Explorations from Both Sides ; Jennifer Brown (Winnipeg) and Frieda Klippenstein (Parks Canada) ; 13. Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century French-Canadian Literature ; Andrea Cabajsky (Moncton) ; 14. English-Canadian Narratives of Settlement ; Janice Fiamengo (Ottawa) ; 15. British Poets, Classical Myths, Canadian Locations ; D.M.R. Bentley (Western) ; 16. Cosmopolitan Nationalism: Canadian Literature of the Confederation Period, 1867-1914 ; Tracy Ware (Queen's) ; 17. Modernist Poetry in Canada, 1920-1960 ; J.A. Weingarten (Concordia) ; 18. Mid-Century Modernity and Fiction by Women, 1920-1950 ; Carole Gerson (Simon Fraser) ; 19. Mainstream Magazines: Home and Mobility ; Faye Hammill and Michelle Smith (Strathclyde) ; 20. Canadian Drama and the Nationalist Impulse ; Craig Walker (Queen's) ; 21. The Stratford Festival and Canadian Cultural Nationalism ; Ian Rae (Western) ; 22. The Not So Quiet, Nor Short, Revolution Tranquille ; David Leahy (Independent Scholar) ; 23. The Canadian Short Story in English: Aesthetic Agency, Social Change, and the Shifting Canon ; Alexander MacLeod (St. Mary's) ; 24. The English-Canadian Novel: Counter-Memory and the Claims of History, 1950-2000 ; Cynthia Sugars (Ottawa) ; 25. Fracture Mechanics: Canadian Poetry since 1960 ; Tanis MacDonald (Wilfrid Laurier) ; 26. Humour and Irony in Quebec Women's Writing, 1970-2010: Taking the Pulse of a Resistance ; Lucie Joubert (Ottawa) ; 27. The Digital Turn in Canadian and Quebecois Literature ; Kate Eichhorn (New School) ; Part IV: Intra-National Perspectives and Traditions ; 28. Diasporic Citizenship and De-Formations of Citizenship ; Lily Cho (York) ; 29. Black Canadian Literature: Fieldwork and "Post-Race" ; David Chariandy (Simon Fraser) ; 30. (East and Southeast) Asian Canadian Literature: The Strange and the Familiar ; Eleanor Ty (Wilfrid Laurier) ; 31. South-Asian Canadian "Geographies of Voice": Flagging New Critical Mappings ; Mariam Pirbhai (Wilfrid Laurier) ; 32. You Say You've OD'd on Leonard Cohen: Canadian Jewish Writers, Celebrity, and the Mainstream ; Norman Ravvin (Concordia) ; 33. For Better or for Worse: Revisiting ecriture migrante in Quebec ; Marie CarriPre (Alberta) and Catherine Khordoc (Carleton) ; 34. On the Poetics of Arab-Canadian Literature in French and English ; Elizabeth F. Dahab (California State) ; 35. "People are made of places": Perspectives on Region in Atlantic-Canadian Literature ; Tony Tremblay (St. Thomas) ; 36. "If I were a rugged beauty ...": Contemporary Newfoundland Fiction ; Paul Chafe (Ryerson) ; 37. Retracing Prairie Literature ; Alison Calder (Manitoba) ; 38. Canadian Literature on the Pacific Coast ; Nicholas Bradley (Victoria) ; Part V: Critical Fields and New Directions ; 39. Ecocriticism in Canada ; Pamela Banting (Calgary) ; 40. Canadian Postcolonialisms ; Diana Brydon (Manitoba) and Bruno Cornellier (Winnipeg) ; 41. Reading Historiography and Historical Fiction in Twentieth-Century Canada ; Renee Hulan (Saint Mary's) ; 42. Canadian Book History ; Eli MacLaren (McGill) ; 43. Canadian Auto/biography: Life Writing, Biography, and Memoir ; Julie Rak (Alberta) ; 44. Canadian Children's Literature in English ; Deirdre Baker (Toronto) ; 45. Canadian Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory in the "Second Wave" ; Cecily Devereux (Alberta) ; 46. Gay and Lesbian Literature in Canada ; Terry Goldie and Lee Frew (York) ; 47. Survival of the Fittest: CanLit and Disability ; Sally Chivers (Trent) ; 48. Canadian Literature in the Neoliberal Era ; Herb Wyile (Acadia)