Originally issued as an Oxford World's Classic, this groundbreaking book remains one of the finest anthologies of Canadian short fiction ever published, its selections as readable and relevant as they were back in 1960 when first chosen by editor Robert Weaver. Among the 27 stories included here are enduring classics by such early giants of Canadian literature as Frederick Philip Grove, Morley Callaghan, and Sinclair Ross; works by writers like Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, and Mavis Gallant, then viewed as relative newcomers, now firmly ensconced in the pantheon of Canadian letters; and stories by Ethel Wilson, Hugh Garner, Joyce Marshall, and others less well-known to twenty-first century readers but whose stories still grip the imagination and tell us something about our country and ourselves. Canadian Short Stories is a wynford book-one of a series of titles representing significant milestones in Canadian literature, thought, and scholarship.

Canadian Short Stories (Wynford Books)

Literature & Fiction

Toye, William

Short Stories & Anthologies

Oxford University Press

Cartier Discovers the St. Lawrence

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PR

The book is solidly good. Rarely read. Spine is sturdy. All pages are intact. Cover is clean. No marks anywhere.

Supplement to Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature

Simon and the golden sword

Newfeld, Frank

MacDonald, Wilmot

According to Canadian Indian legend, when an old man's sight was restored by Loon he gave the bird his precious shell necklace as a reward. That is why the loon has a white collar and speckles on its back. Elizabeth Cleaver's rich and beautiful style of picture-making gives new visual excitement to the splendors of the British Columbia landscape, and to the magic of this Indian legend. "Elizabeth Cleaver brought to her work the sensibility of a fine artist and an inherent understanding of the child's view of the world. The children of Canada are unquestionably the richer for (her) achievements." -- The Children's Book News (Toronto)

The Loon's Necklace

Children's Books

Geography & Cultures

Set against a background of totem poles and majestic mountain scenery, this dramatic legend of the Tsimshian Indians of British Columbia tells how the mountain goats took their revenge on the men of Temlaham for breaking the law of the hunt through their greed and cruelty.

The Mountain Goats of Temlaham

Cleaver, Elizabeth

The Fire Stealer

Retells how Nanabozho brought fire to his people and caused trees to be brilliantly colored each autumn.

Mythology & Folk Tales

Oxford Univ. Pr.

According to Canadian Indian legend, when an old man's sight was restored by a Loon he gave the bird his precious shell necklace as a reward. That is why the loon has a white collar and speckles on its back. Elizabeth Cleaver's rich and beautiful style of picture-making gives new visual excitement to the splendors of the British Columbia landscape, and to the magic of this Indian legend.

Based on the critically acclaimed Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, this second concise edition has been fully updated by editor William Toye. The revised entries include books published up to 2010, in addition to 42 new entries that discuss such notable figures as Joseph Boyden, Yann Martel, Miriam Toews, Michael Crummey, and Lisa Moore. With over 900 entries, this indispensible reference book covers major writers, significant works, awards, genre surveys, and other aspects of the Canadian literary scene, past and present. Toye discusses recent publications from a critical perspective, offering insight and meaning to the literary works that shape our national literature.Toye's Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature (1997), upon which the concise edition is based, was lauded as a landmark publication, was a Globe and Mail bestseller, and selected as a Quill & Quire book of the year. The first concise version retained all significant entries (in addition to 60 new entries), omitting entries on regional and genre surveys, as well as francophone writers not published in English. The second edition of The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature remains an indispensible supplement to its distinguished predecessors.

The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature

Reference

Critically acclaimed for its ambition and scope, The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature is considered the authoritative reference of its kind. The original concise version appeared in 2001, retaining the Companion's informative coverage of major writers, significant works, and other aspects of the Canadian literary scene, while omitting regional and genre surveys and francophone writers whose works have not been translated into English. Now available in paperback, its successor treats the explosion of publications by "new" writers of fiction and poetry as well as by authors who already had entries in the Companion--all these recent works described in considerable detail by William Toye. There are 42 new entries on subjects that include Christian Bok, Joseph Boyden, CNQ: Canadian Notes &amp; Queries, Cormorant Books, Michael Crummey, Yann Martel, Lisa Moore, Michael Redhill, and Miriam Toews. With more than 1,000 entries that include many books published in 2010, this new edition offers a comprehensive look at the wealth of literature produced by Canadian writers.

The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Second Edition

History & Criticism

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Canadian Short Stories (Wynford Books)

Cartier Discovers the St. Lawrence

Supplement to Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature

Simon and the golden sword

The Loon's Necklace

The Mountain Goats of Temlaham

The Fire Stealer

The Loon's Necklace

The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature

The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Second Edition