When words deny the world
Subtitle: the reshaping of Canadian writing
By: Stephen Henighan.
Publisher: Porcupine's Quill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Erin, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Canadian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Canada -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: WRITERS AND WORDS; title: JosefSkvoreckyand Canadian Cultural Cringe 19; title: Writing in Canadian: The Problem of the Novel 31; title: Layton and the Feminist 41; title: In the Heart of Toronto's Darkness 45; title: Behind the Best-Seller List 51; title: 'Appropriation of Voice': An Open Letter 59; title: The Terrible Truth About 'Appropriation of Voice' 63; title: A Language for the Americas 71; title: Giller's Version 83; title: The Canadian Writer Between Post-Colonialism and Globalization 91; title: Linking Short Stories in an Age of Fragmentation log; title: PART TWO: WHEN WORDS DENY THE WORLD; title: 1. Free Trade Fiction:; title: The Victory of Metaphor Over History 133; title: 2. Vulgarity on Bloor:; title: Literary Institutions from CanLit to TorLit 157; title: 3. 'They Can't Be About Things Here': The Reshaping of the Canadian Novel 179; title: Acknowledgements 213.