Title: Odysseus ever returning ;
Authors: Woodcock, George,
Date: 1970
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart,
Physical description: xv, 158 pages ; 19 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: P
Abstract: Included in this collection of critical essays are new essays on Leonard Cohen and Brian Moore -- all the other articles have appeared in various Canadian literary journals. There are critical looks at the works of Hugh MacLennan, Morley Callaghan, Wyndham Lewis, Malcolm Lowry, Irving Layton, A.J.M. Smith and Earle Birney. Woodcock offers comment on Edmund Wilson's views on Canadian literature and provices a valuable analysis of the level of criticism and the state of prominent literary publications in Canada. William New's perceptive introduction brings new insights to bear on one of Canada's best-respected literary critics.
Contents: Introduction. Away From Lost Worlds: Notes on the Development of a Canadian Literature -- A Nation?s Odyssey: The Novels of Hugh MacLennan -- Lost Eurydice: The Novels of Morley Callahan -- Rounding Giotto?s Circle: Brian Moore?s Poor Bitches -- Momaco Revisited: Wyndham Lewis in Canada -- Four Facets of Malcolm Lowry: Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry as Novelist, Under Seymour Mountain, Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid -- A Grab at Proteus: Notes on Irving Layton -- The Song of the Sirens: Notes on Leonard Cohen -- Two Aspects of A.J.M. Smith: The Poet, Anthology as Epithalamion -- Two Looks at Birney: The Selective Poet, The Comic Novelist -- Views of Canadian Criticism: In 1955, In 1966 -- The Long Day?s Task -- The Eye of a Stranger: Edmund Wilson looks at Canada, Edmund Wilson and Marie-Claire Blais.
Subject headings (LCSH): Canada--Intellectual life.; Canadian literature--20th century--History and criticism; Canadian literature--20th century.