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The Search for English-Canadian Literature - An Anthology of Critical Articles from the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (Paperback)
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The Search for English-Canadian Literature - An Anthology of Critical Articles from the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (Paperback)
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The search for a distinctive Canadian literature is not new. It
began in the 1820s, and even then involved many of the same issues
that concern critics today. Much of this early material is now
inaccessible to most Canadians. Carl Ballstadt has selected for
this volume a number of the most importance statements from a
century of growth. The pieces come from essays, prefaces, and
editorials published between 1823 and 1926 in a variety of works
including the major literary periodicals of the time. Among the
authors are Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Sara Jeannette Duncan, Daniel
Wilson, Goldwin Smith, G. Mercer Adam, Pelham Edgar, J.D. Robins,
J.D. Logan, and Charles Mair. The major themes they treated, with
frequent diversity of views, are the kind of writing best suited to
a new country; the economic and spiritual barriers to the creation
of literature; the feasibility of creating a 'national' literature;
the need for serious criticism; the relationship between European
traditions and the developing Canadian imagination; Canada's
'northern' character; the advantages of two cultural streams; and
the significance of Canadian achievements in poetry. This book
provides essential background to anyone concerned with the path
Canadian literature followed to modern times.
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