Keepers of the Code : English-Canadian Literary Anthologies and the Representation of the Nation.
Lecker, Robert.
Keepers of the Code : English-Canadian Literary Anthologies and the Representation of the Nation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (399 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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 -- Works Cited -- Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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
Anthologies-History and criticism.
Anthologies-Editing.
Canon (Literature).
National characteristics, Canadian, in literature.
Canada-In literature.
Electronic books.
PR9184.6.L435 2013
Keepers of the Code : English-Canadian Literary Anthologies and the Representation of the Nation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (399 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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 -- Works Cited -- Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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
Anthologies-History and criticism.
Anthologies-Editing.
Canon (Literature).
National characteristics, Canadian, in literature.
Canada-In literature.
Electronic books.
PR9184.6.L435 2013