An omnibus edition of three George Felse mysteries - The Grass Widow's Tale, The House of Green Turf and Black is the Colour of My True Love's Heart. Ellis Peters is the author of the Brother Cadfael novels, and a recipient of the Crime Writers' Association / Cartier Diamond Dagger Award.
Christmas at Punkin Holler: A Christmas Play (Classic Reprint)
by Elizabeth F Guptill
NEW DIRECTIONS 17 PA (New Directions in Prose and Poetry)
by James Laughlin
In her new book, Pilar Cuder Dominguez examines the construction of cultural memory in contemporary Canadian writing by black authors, identifying the tensions between the national imaginary and the transnational trajectories of the African diaspora. Black Canadian Literature and the Construction of Cultural Memory argues against the absence of Canada from the geography of the black Atlantic, proposing instead that black Canadian authors are engaged in making visible their historical contributio...
This lively and diverse bilingual collection of essays by writers and critics examines contemporary Canadian literary arts. The perspectives range from highly personal and introspective to scholarly and objective, yet each adds significantly to an understanding of the dialogue between writers and readers. Proceedings from a workshop held at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities during the summer of 1982, the volume includes such contributors as E.D. Blodgett, Jacques Brault, Richard Giguere,...
Canadian Graphic
Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives presents critical essays on contemporary Canadian cartoonists working in graphic life narrative, from confession to memoir to biography. The contributors draw on literary theory, visual studies, and cultural history to show how Canadian cartoonists have become so prominent in the international market for comic books based on real-life experiences. The essays explore the visual styles and storytelling techniques of Canadian cartoonists, as well as their...
The study of Canadian literatureaCanLitahas undergone dramatic changes since it became an area of specialization in the 1960s and '70s. As new global forces in the 1990s undermined its nation-based critical assumptions, its theoretical focus and research methods lost their immediacy. The contributors to Trans.Can.Lit address cultural policy, citizenship, white civility, and the celebrated status of diasporic writers, unabashedly recognizing the imperative to transfigure the disciplinary and inst...
Armazindy; The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley
by James Whitcomb Riley