Open Country: Canadian Literature in English: Canadian Short Fiction is a contemporary showcase of the country’s writing. The collection includes extensive annotations that offer new interpretive possibilities for the study and appreciation of Canadian literature. 
Editor Robert Lecker provides an unparalleled view of Canada’s literary evolution. This volume brings together poetry and fiction by 37 authors who gained prominence before 1950. 
Organized chronologically, the works of each author are introduced by a detailed bio-critical essay that provides background information about the influences and ideas shaping the selected works as well as the author’s career. Open Country: Canadian Literature in English: Canadian Short Fiction combines recognized works in the Canadian canon with innovative challenges to the tradition, creating a dynamic balance between the established and the new.

Open Country: Canadian Literature to 1950

Literature & Fiction

Robert Lecker

History & Criticism

Thomson/Nelson

Open Country: Canadian Literature in English: Canadian Short Fiction is a contemporary showcase of the country’s writing. The collection includes extensive annotations that offer new interpretive possibilities for the study and appreciation of Canadian literature. 
Editor Robert Lecker provides an unparalleled view of Canada’s literary evolution. This volume brings together short fiction by 48 authors who gained prominence between 1836 and the present, with an emphasis on contemporary writers and a focus on identity, race, gender, and sexuality. 
Organized chronologically, the works of each author are introduced by a detailed bio-critical essay that provides background information about the influences and ideas shaping the selected works as well as the author’s career. Open Country: Canadian Literature in English: Canadian Short Fiction combines recognized works in the Canadian canon with innovative challenges to the tradition, creating a dynamic balance between the established and the new.

Open Country: Canadian Short Stories in English

Nelson College Indigenous

Open Country: Canadian Literature in English: Canadian Poetry is a contemporary showcase of the country's writing. The collection includes extensive annotations that offer new interpretive possibilities for the study and appreciation of Canadian literature. Editor Robert Lecker provides an unparalleled view of Canada's literary evolution. This volume brings together poetry by 58 authors who gained prominence between 1825 and the present, with an emphasis on contemporary writers and a focus on identity, race, gender, and sexuality. It also includes the complete texts of well-known long poems such as Isabella Valancy Crawford's Malcolm's Katie, Earle Birney's David, and Robert Kroetsch's Seed Catalogue. Organized chronologically, the works of each author are introduced by a detailed bio-critical essay that provides background information about the influences and ideas shaping the selected works as well as the author's career. Open Country: Canadian Literature in English: Canadian Poetry combines recognized works in the Canadian canon with innovative challenges to the tradition, creating a dynamic balance between the established and the new.

Open Country: Canadian Poetry In English

Poetry

Making it Real: The Canonization of English-Canadian Literature

Essays & Correspondence

House Of Anansi

The Annotated bibliography of Canada's major authors

World Literature

distributed by G.K. Hall

Canadian writers and their works

ECW Press

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