Reingard M. Nischik is Professor and chair of American literature at the University of Constance, Germany.

Remarkably accessible, ... generally shies away from unnecessary verbosity or jargon.... ideal for scholars interested in introductory overviews ... and for undergraduate courses... though it also extends beyond introductions....Shows the breadth and depth of the Canadian short story from a wide range of perspectives, theories, and approaches.

• The Canadian Short Story: Status, Criticism, Historical Survey - Reingard M. NischikCanadian Animal Stories: Charles G.D. Roberts, "Do Seek Their Meat from God" (1892) - Martina SeifertTory Humanism, Ironic Humor, and Satire: Stephen Leacock, "The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias" (1912) - Heinz AntorThe Beginnings of Canadian Modernism: Raymond Knister, "The First Day of Spring" (written 1924/25) - Julia BreitbachFrom Old World Aestheticist Immoralist to Prairie Moral Realist: Frederick Philip Grove, "Snow" (1926/32) - Konrad GrossPsychological Realism, Immigration, and City Fiction: Morley Callaghan, "Last Spring They Came Over" (1927) - Paul GoetschModernism, Prairie Fiction, and Gender: Sinclair Ross, "The Lamp at Noon" (1938) - Dieter Meindl"An Artful Artlessness": Ethel Wilson, "We Have to Sit Opposite" (1945) - Nina KuckSocial Realism and Compassion for the Underdog: Hugh Garner, "One-Two-Three Little Indians" (1950) - Stefan FergusonThe Perils of Human Relationships: Joyce Marshall, "The Old Woman" (1952) - Rudolf BaderThe Social Critic at Work: Mordecai Richler, "Benny, the War in Europe, and Myerson's Daughter Bella" (1956) - Fabienne C. QuennetMyth and the Postmodernist Turn in Canadian Short Fiction: Sheila Watson, "Antigone" (1959) - Martin KuesterThe Modernist Aesthetic: Hugh Hood, "Flying a Red Kite" (1962) - Jutta ZimmermannDoing Well in the International Thing?: Mavis Gallant, "The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street" (1963) - Silvia Mergenthal(Un-) Doing Gender: Alice Munro, "Boys and Girls" (1964) - Reingard M. NischikCollective Memory and Personal Identity in the Prairie Town of Manawaka: Margaret Laurence, "The Loons" (1966) - Caroline Rosenthal"Out of Place": Clark Blaise, "A Class of New Canadians" (1970) - Wolfgang KloossRealsim and Parodic Postmodernism: Audrey Thomas, "Aquarius" (1971) - Lothar Honnighausen"The Problem Is to Make the Story": Rudy Wiebe, "Where Is the Voice Coming From?" (1971) - Heinz IckstadtThe Canadian Writer as Expatriate: Norman Levine, "We All Begin in a Little Magazine" (1972) - Gordon BollingCanadian Artist Stories: John Metcalf, "The Strange Aberration of Mr. Ken Smythe" (1973) - Reingard M. Nischik"A Literature of a Whole World and of a Real World": Jane Rule, "Lilian" (1977) - Christina StrobelFailure as Liberation: Jack Hodgins, "The Concert Stages of Europe" (1978) - Waldemar ZacharasiewiczFigures in a Landscape: William Dempsey Valgardson, "A Matter of Balance" (1982) - Maria LoschniggFigures in a Landscape: William Dempsey Valgardson, "A Matter of Balance" (1982) - Martin Loschnigg"The Translation of the World into Words" and the Female Tradition: Margaret Atwood, "Significant Moments in the Life of My Mother" (1983) - Reingard M. Nischik"Southern Preacher": Leon Rooke, "The Woman Who Talked to Horses" (1984) - Nadja GernalzickNativeness as Third Space: Thomas King, "Borders" (1991) - Eva GruberDigressing to Inner Worlds: Carol Shields, "Our Men and Women" (1999) - Brigitte GlaserA Sentimental Journey: Janice Kulyk Keefer, "Dreams:Storms:Dogs" (1999) - Georgiana BanitaFurther Reading on the Canadian Short StoryTime Chart: The Short Story in the USA, Canada, and Great BritainNotes on the ContributorsIndex

Reingard M. Nischik is Professor and chair of American literature at the University of Constance, Germany.

Remarkably accessible, ... generally shies away from unnecessary verbosity or jargon.... ideal for scholars interested in introductory overviews ... and for undergraduate courses... though it also extends beyond introductions....Shows the breadth and depth of the Canadian short story from a wide range of perspectives, theories, and approaches.

• The Canadian Short Story: Status, Criticism, Historical Survey - Reingard M. NischikCanadian Animal Stories: Charles G.D. Roberts, "Do Seek Their Meat from God" (1892) - Martina SeifertTory Humanism, Ironic Humor, and Satire: Stephen Leacock, "The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias" (1912) - Heinz AntorThe Beginnings of Canadian Modernism: Raymond Knister, "The First Day of Spring" (written 1924/25) - Julia BreitbachFrom Old World Aestheticist Immoralist to Prairie Moral Realist: Frederick Philip Grove, "Snow" (1926/32) - Konrad GrossPsychological Realism, Immigration, and City Fiction: Morley Callaghan, "Last Spring They Came Over" (1927) - Paul GoetschModernism, Prairie Fiction, and Gender: Sinclair Ross, "The Lamp at Noon" (1938) - Dieter Meindl"An Artful Artlessness": Ethel Wilson, "We Have to Sit Opposite" (1945) - Nina KuckSocial Realism and Compassion for the Underdog: Hugh Garner, "One-Two-Three Little Indians" (1950) - Stefan FergusonThe Perils of Human Relationships: Joyce Marshall, "The Old Woman" (1952) - Rudolf BaderThe Social Critic at Work: Mordecai Richler, "Benny, the War in Europe, and Myerson's Daughter Bella" (1956) - Fabienne C. QuennetMyth and the Postmodernist Turn in Canadian Short Fiction: Sheila Watson, "Antigone" (1959) - Martin KuesterThe Modernist Aesthetic: Hugh Hood, "Flying a Red Kite" (1962) - Jutta ZimmermannDoing Well in the International Thing?: Mavis Gallant, "The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street" (1963) - Silvia Mergenthal(Un-) Doing Gender: Alice Munro, "Boys and Girls" (1964) - Reingard M. NischikCollective Memory and Personal Identity in the Prairie Town of Manawaka: Margaret Laurence, "The Loons" (1966) - Caroline Rosenthal"Out of Place": Clark Blaise, "A Class of New Canadians" (1970) - Wolfgang KloossRealsim and Parodic Postmodernism: Audrey Thomas, "Aquarius" (1971) - Lothar Honnighausen"The Problem Is to Make the Story": Rudy Wiebe, "Where Is the Voice Coming From?" (1971) - Heinz IckstadtThe Canadian Writer as Expatriate: Norman Levine, "We All Begin in a Little Magazine" (1972) - Gordon BollingCanadian Artist Stories: John Metcalf, "The Strange Aberration of Mr. Ken Smythe" (1973) - Reingard M. Nischik"A Literature of a Whole World and of a Real World": Jane Rule, "Lilian" (1977) - Christina StrobelFailure as Liberation: Jack Hodgins, "The Concert Stages of Europe" (1978) - Waldemar ZacharasiewiczFigures in a Landscape: William Dempsey Valgardson, "A Matter of Balance" (1982) - Maria LoschniggFigures in a Landscape: William Dempsey Valgardson, "A Matter of Balance" (1982) - Martin Loschnigg"The Translation of the World into Words" and the Female Tradition: Margaret Atwood, "Significant Moments in the Life of My Mother" (1983) - Reingard M. Nischik"Southern Preacher": Leon Rooke, "The Woman Who Talked to Horses" (1984) - Nadja GernalzickNativeness as Third Space: Thomas King, "Borders" (1991) - Eva GruberDigressing to Inner Worlds: Carol Shields, "Our Men and Women" (1999) - Brigitte GlaserA Sentimental Journey: Janice Kulyk Keefer, "Dreams:Storms:Dogs" (1999) - Georgiana BanitaFurther Reading on the Canadian Short StoryTime Chart: The Short Story in the USA, Canada, and Great BritainNotes on the ContributorsIndex

Reingard M. Nischik is Professor and chair of American literature at the University of Constance, Germany.

Remarkably accessible, ... generally shies away from unnecessary verbosity or jargon.... ideal for scholars interested in introductory overviews ... and for undergraduate courses... though it also extends beyond introductions....Shows the breadth and depth of the Canadian short story from a wide range of perspectives, theories, and approaches.

• The Canadian Short Story: Status, Criticism, Historical Survey - Reingard M. NischikCanadian Animal Stories: Charles G.D. Roberts, "Do Seek Their Meat from God" (1892) - Martina SeifertTory Humanism, Ironic Humor, and Satire: Stephen Leacock, "The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias" (1912) - Heinz AntorThe Beginnings of Canadian Modernism: Raymond Knister, "The First Day of Spring" (written 1924/25) - Julia BreitbachFrom Old World Aestheticist Immoralist to Prairie Moral Realist: Frederick Philip Grove, "Snow" (1926/32) - Konrad GrossPsychological Realism, Immigration, and City Fiction: Morley Callaghan, "Last Spring They Came Over" (1927) - Paul GoetschModernism, Prairie Fiction, and Gender: Sinclair Ross, "The Lamp at Noon" (1938) - Dieter Meindl"An Artful Artlessness": Ethel Wilson, "We Have to Sit Opposite" (1945) - Nina KuckSocial Realism and Compassion for the Underdog: Hugh Garner, "One-Two-Three Little Indians" (1950) - Stefan FergusonThe Perils of Human Relationships: Joyce Marshall, "The Old Woman" (1952) - Rudolf BaderThe Social Critic at Work: Mordecai Richler, "Benny, the War in Europe, and Myerson's Daughter Bella" (1956) - Fabienne C. QuennetMyth and the Postmodernist Turn in Canadian Short Fiction: Sheila Watson, "Antigone" (1959) - Martin KuesterThe Modernist Aesthetic: Hugh Hood, "Flying a Red Kite" (1962) - Jutta ZimmermannDoing Well in the International Thing?: Mavis Gallant, "The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street" (1963) - Silvia Mergenthal(Un-) Doing Gender: Alice Munro, "Boys and Girls" (1964) - Reingard M. NischikCollective Memory and Personal Identity in the Prairie Town of Manawaka: Margaret Laurence, "The Loons" (1966) - Caroline Rosenthal"Out of Place": Clark Blaise, "A Class of New Canadians" (1970) - Wolfgang KloossRealsim and Parodic Postmodernism: Audrey Thomas, "Aquarius" (1971) - Lothar Honnighausen"The Problem Is to Make the Story": Rudy Wiebe, "Where Is the Voice Coming From?" (1971) - Heinz IckstadtThe Canadian Writer as Expatriate: Norman Levine, "We All Begin in a Little Magazine" (1972) - Gordon BollingCanadian Artist Stories: John Metcalf, "The Strange Aberration of Mr. Ken Smythe" (1973) - Reingard M. Nischik"A Literature of a Whole World and of a Real World": Jane Rule, "Lilian" (1977) - Christina StrobelFailure as Liberation: Jack Hodgins, "The Concert Stages of Europe" (1978) - Waldemar ZacharasiewiczFigures in a Landscape: William Dempsey Valgardson, "A Matter of Balance" (1982) - Maria LoschniggFigures in a Landscape: William Dempsey Valgardson, "A Matter of Balance" (1982) - Martin Loschnigg"The Translation of the World into Words" and the Female Tradition: Margaret Atwood, "Significant Moments in the Life of My Mother" (1983) - Reingard M. Nischik"Southern Preacher": Leon Rooke, "The Woman Who Talked to Horses" (1984) - Nadja GernalzickNativeness as Third Space: Thomas King, "Borders" (1991) - Eva GruberDigressing to Inner Worlds: Carol Shields, "Our Men and Women" (1999) - Brigitte GlaserA Sentimental Journey: Janice Kulyk Keefer, "Dreams:Storms:Dogs" (1999) - Georgiana BanitaFurther Reading on the Canadian Short StoryTime Chart: The Short Story in the USA, Canada, and Great BritainNotes on the ContributorsIndex