A History of Canadian Fiction

The first one-volume history of Canadian fiction covering its growth and development from earliest times to the present day.

David Staines (Author)

9781108406468, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 August 2022

324 pages
22.7 x 15 x 1.8 cm, 0.45 kg

'For anyone interested in Canada this book is a must read. … This is a book worthy of inclusion in every university library, and on the bookshelf of scholars truly interested in the wider literature of the Americas and the world. It organises and elucidates the canon of evolving Canadian fiction in English into manageable, memorable, and understandable advances.' Susan Hodgett, British Journal of Canadian Studies

A History of Canadian Fiction is the first one-volume history to chart its development from earliest times to the present day. Recounting the struggles and the glories of this burgeoning area of investigation, it explains Canada's literary growth alongside its remarkable history. Highlighting the people who have shaped and are shaping Canadian literary culture, the book examines such major figures as Mavis Gallant, Mordecai Richler, Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, and Thomas King, concluding with young authors of today whose major successes reflect their indebtedness to their Canadian forbearers.

Introduction
1. The beginnings
2. From romance towards realism
3. Emerging into realism
4. The foundational fifties
5. The second feminist wave
6. The flourishing of the wests
7. The second century
8. Indigenous voices
9. Naturalized Canadian writers
10. The twenty-first century
Afterword
Endnotes
Acknowledgements.

Subject Areas: Literary reference works [DSR], Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [DSBH], Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF]