Lynch, Gerald.

The One and the Many : English-Canadian Short Story Cycles. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (256 pages)

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- Introduction: The Canadian Short Story and Story Cycle -- The Short Story and the Canadian Short Story -- The Short Story Cycle and the Canadian Story Cycle -- 1: 'In the Meantime': Duncan Campbell Scott's In the Village of Viger -- 2: Fabian Feminism: J.G. Sime's Sister Woman -- 3: Fabulous Selves: Two Modern Short Story Cycles -- The Fabulous Self: Frederick Philip Grove's Over Prairie Trails -- Fables of Identity: Emily Carr's Klee Wyck -- 4: 'To keep what was good and pass it on': George Elliott's The Kissing Man -- 5: No Honey, I'm Home: Alice Munro's Who Do You Think You Are? -- L'Envoi: Continuity/Inclusion/Conclusion -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

Lynch maintains that a version of the 'Great Canadian Novel' may already have been written - as a great Canadian short story cycle, the literary form that occupies the middle ground between short stories and novels.

9781442681941


Short stories, Canadian-History and criticism.
Canadian fiction-20th century-History and criticism.
Cycles (Literature).


Electronic books.

PR9192.52 .L96 2001

813.0109