Keepers of the code : English-Canadian literary anthologies and the representation of nation
- Author/Creator:
- Lecker, Robert, 1951- author
- Publication/Creation:
- Toronto, [Canada] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2013
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Keepers of the code : English-Canadian literary anthologies and the representation of nation / Robert Lecker
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Anthologies--History and criticism
Anthologies--Editing
Canon (Literature)
National characteristics, Canadian, in literature
Canada--In literature
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- 1 Nineteenth-Century Anthologies and the Making of Canadian Literature, 1837-1900 -- 2 Representations of Nation: Watson and Pierce's Our Canadian Literature, 1900-1922 -- 3 Anthologies between the Wars, 1922-1943 -- 4 From The Book of Canadian Poetry to New Wave Canada, 1943-1966 -- 5 Nation Making, Nation Breaking, 1967-1982 -- 6 Solidifying the Canadian Canon, 1982-1996 -- 7 Keeping the Code, 1996-2010.
- Summary:
- Robert Lecker explores the ways in which these anthologies contributed to the formation of a Canadian literary canon, the extent to which this canon was tied to an ideal of English-Canadian nationalism, and the material conditions accounting for the anthologies' production.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (399 p.)
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936950241902486
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-6347-2
1-4426-6346-4 - OCLC Number:
- 837527937
1004868365
958512376
1371177305 - Other Identifiers:
- doi: 10.3138/9781442663466
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