The Literary History Of Alberta Volume One

Author : George Melnyk
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0888642962

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The Literary History of Alberta Volume One by George Melnyk Pdf

Alberta's contradictory landscape has fired the imaginative energies of writers for centuries. The sweep of the plains, the thrust of the Rockies, and the long roll of the woodlands have left vivid impressions on all of Alberta's writers--both those who passed through Alberta in search of other horizons and those who made it their home. The Literary History of Alberta surveys writing in and about Alberta from prehistory to the middle of the twentieth century. It includes profiles of dozens of writers (from the earnestly intended to the truly gifted) and their texts (from the commercial to the arcane). It reminds us of long-forgotten names and faces, figures who quietly--or not so quietly--wrote the books that underpin Alberta's thriving literary culture today. Melnyk also discusses the institutions that have shaped Alberta's literary culture. The Literary History of Alberta is an essential text for any reader interested in the cultural history of western Canada, and a landmark achievement in Alberta's continuing literary history.

Author : George Melnyk
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Alberta
ISBN : 0888643160

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The Literary History of Alberta by George Melnyk Pdf

Author : George Melnyk
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0888643241

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The Literary History of Alberta Volume Two by George Melnyk Pdf

In this, the companion to the landmark volume The Literary History of Alberta, Volume One: From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two, George Melnyk examines Alberta literature in the second half of the twentieth century. At last, Melnyk argues, Alberta writers have found their voice—and their accomplishments have been remarkable. The contradictory landscape, the stereotypes of the Indian, the Mountie, and the Cowboy, and the language of the Other, speaking from the margins—these elements all left their impressions on the consciousness of early Alberta. But writers in the last few decades have turned this inheritance to their advantage, to create compelling stories about this place and its people. Today, Melnyk discovers, Alberta writers can appreciate not only this achievement, but also its essential source: the symbolic communication of Writing-on-Stone. The Literary History of Alberta, Volume Two extends the study of Alberta's cultural history to the present day. It is a vital text for anyone interested in Alberta's vibrant literary culture.

Author : George Melnyk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Alberta
ISBN : LCCN:cn97910821

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The Literary History of Alberta: From the end of the war to the end of the century by George Melnyk Pdf

Author : Donna Coates,George Melnyk
Publisher : The West
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1552388905

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Writing Alberta by Donna Coates,George Melnyk Pdf

"Does Alberta writing carry the DNA of a distinctive literary identity? The goal of this volume is to expose the historically contingent nature of so much of Alberta writing and how defining a literary identity is always a work-in-progress. Its essays deal with everything from bio-literary discussions of historical figures to high critical studies of single texts, mixing genres and literary styles, and making bold comparisons. Writing Alberta demonstrates that Alberta writers, especially in the contemporary period, are not afraid to uncover, re-think and re-imagine parts of Alberta history, exposing what had been laid to rest as unfinished business needing serious re-consideration."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Carl F. Klinck,Alfred G. Bailey,Claude Bissell,Roy Daniells,Northrop Frye,Desmond Pacey
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1976-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781487590970

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Literary History of Canada by Carl F. Klinck,Alfred G. Bailey,Claude Bissell,Roy Daniells,Northrop Frye,Desmond Pacey Pdf

Hailed as a landmark in Canadian literary scholarship when it was originally published in 1965, the Literary History of Canada is now being reissued, revised and enlarged, in three volumes. This major effort of a large group of scholars working in the field of English-language Canadian literature provides a comprehensive, up-to-date reference work. It has already proven itself invaluable as a source of information on authors, genres, and literary trends and influences. It represents a positive attempt to give a history of Canada in terms of writings which deserve attention because of significant thought, form, and use of language. Volume I comprises Parts I to III of the original edition, and covers the years from the beginning of Canadian literature in English to about 1920. The contributors to this volume are David Galloway, Victor G. Hopwood, Alfred G. Bailey, Fred Cogswell, James and Ruth Talman, Carl F. Klinck, Edith Gordon Roper, Rupert Schieder, S. Ross Beharriell, Brandon Conron, Elizabeth Waterston, Alec Lucas, John A. Irving, A.H. Johnson, A. Vibert Douglas, and Frank W. Watt.

Author : John Blue
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9354010563

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Alberta, Past and Present by John Blue Pdf

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Author : David Carpenter
Publisher : Coteau Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781550505153

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The Literary History of Saskatchewan by David Carpenter Pdf

Essays about the literary history of Saskatchewan.

Author : Donna Coates,George Melnyk
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781897425305

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Wild Words by Donna Coates,George Melnyk Pdf

As the first collection of literary criticism focusing on Alberta writers, Wild Words establishes a basis for identifying Alberta fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction as valid subjects of study in their own right. The idea for this collection began with 100 years of literary tradition for Alberta's centenary. However, Alberta's literary roots go back much farther than that to the oration of First Nation's peoples and the colonizing exploration and travel literature of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Author : Carl Frederick Klinck
Publisher : Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UCSC:32106010351721

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Literary History of Canada by Carl Frederick Klinck Pdf

Author : History of the Book in Canada Project
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802080127

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History of the Book in Canada: 1840-1918 by History of the Book in Canada Project Pdf

This second of three volumes in theHistory of the Book in Canada demonstrates the same research and editorial standards established with Volume One by book history specialists from across the nation.

Author : Michael J. Schintz
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781552380925

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Alequiers by Michael J. Schintz Pdf

Alequiers is the story of a one-hundred-year-old log house on the banks of the Highwood River, in Southern Alberta, with particular emphasis on the time that Schintz and his family spent there. The book details what little is known about the original settler on the site Alexander McQueen Weir and goes on to describe the changes in structure that took place under succeeding occupants, the Royle and Schintz families.

Author : Geo Takach
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780888647726

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Will the Real Alberta Please Stand Up? by Geo Takach Pdf

One little question propels both author and reader on a genre-bending quest to find the elusive essence of a Canadian province built on sturdy stereotypes of oil-spoiled, beef-eating, bible-thumping rednecks devoid of class or culture. Through essay, interview, colourful observation, and whatever other exposé it takes to amplify the hyperbolic absurdity of seeking a simple answer to an incendiary question, Geo Takach spotlights the cultural complexity of this perplexing province. Readers will be delightfully edified after a dizzying romp around Wild Rose Country with Geo and a cast of citizens and celebs (alive and dead).

Author : Donna Coates,George Melnyk
Publisher : Au Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1897425317

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Wild Words by Donna Coates,George Melnyk Pdf

As the first collection of literary criticism focusing on Alberta writers, Wild Words establishes a basis for identifying Alberta fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction as valid subjects of study in their own right. By critically situating and assessing specific Alberta authors according to genre, this volume continues the work begun with Melnyk''s Literary History of Alberta.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1091197340

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The Literary History of Saskatchewan : Volume 1, Beginnings by Anonim Pdf