Alberta's contradictory landscape has fired the imaginative
energies of writers for centuries. The sweep of the plains, the
thrust of the Rockies, and the long roll of the woodlands have left
vivid impressions on all of Alberta's writers -- both those who
passed through Alberta in search of other horizons and those who
made it their home. The Literary History of Alberta surveys writing
in and about Alberta from prehistory to the middle of the twentieth
century. It includes profiles of dozens of writers (from the
earnestly intended to the truly gifted) and their texts (from the
commercial to the arcane). It reminds us of long-forgotten names
and faces, figures who quietly -- or not so quietly -- wrote the
books that underpin Alberta's thriving literary culture today.
Melnyk also discusses the institutions that have shaped Alberta's
literary culture. The Literary History of Alberta is an essential
text for any reader interested in the cultural history of western
Canada, and a landmark achievement in Alberta's continuing literary
history.
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