Keepers of the code English-Canadian literary anthologies and the representation of nation /
Lecker, Robert, 1951-
Keepers of the code English-Canadian literary anthologies and the representation of nation / Robert Lecker. - Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (388 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
1 Nineteenth-Century Anthologies and the Making of Canadian Literature, 1837-1900 -- 2 Representations of Nation: Watson and Pierce's Our Canadian Literature, 1900-1922 -- 3 Anthologies between the Wars, 1922-1943 -- 4 From The Book of Canadian Poetry to New Wave Canada, 1943-1966 -- 5 Nation Making, Nation Breaking, 1967-1982 -- 6 Solidifying the Canadian Canon, 1982-1996 -- 7 Keeping the Code, 1996-2010.
Robert Lecker explores the ways in which these anthologies contributed to the formation of a Canadian literary canon, the extent to which this canon was tied to an ideal of English-Canadian nationalism, and the material conditions accounting for the anthologies' production.
9781442663466
Canadian literature (English)--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Anthologies--History and criticism.
Anthologies--Editing.
Literature publishing--History.--Canada
Canon (Literature)
National characteristics, Canadian, in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR9184 / .K447 2013
Keepers of the code English-Canadian literary anthologies and the representation of nation / Robert Lecker. - Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (388 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
1 Nineteenth-Century Anthologies and the Making of Canadian Literature, 1837-1900 -- 2 Representations of Nation: Watson and Pierce's Our Canadian Literature, 1900-1922 -- 3 Anthologies between the Wars, 1922-1943 -- 4 From The Book of Canadian Poetry to New Wave Canada, 1943-1966 -- 5 Nation Making, Nation Breaking, 1967-1982 -- 6 Solidifying the Canadian Canon, 1982-1996 -- 7 Keeping the Code, 1996-2010.
Robert Lecker explores the ways in which these anthologies contributed to the formation of a Canadian literary canon, the extent to which this canon was tied to an ideal of English-Canadian nationalism, and the material conditions accounting for the anthologies' production.
9781442663466
Canadian literature (English)--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Anthologies--History and criticism.
Anthologies--Editing.
Literature publishing--History.--Canada
Canon (Literature)
National characteristics, Canadian, in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR9184 / .K447 2013