Revolutions: Essays on Contemporary Canadian Fiction Contributor(s): Good, Alex (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771961198 ISBN-13: 9781771961196 Publisher: Biblioasis OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Canadian |
Dewey: 813.509 |
LCCN: 2017431545 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Revolutions is the first book-length critical survey of twenty-first-century Canadian fiction, with in-depth essays examining subjects such as the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the effects of the digital revolution, and the dark legacy of what has come to be know as the Canadian literary establishment. Throughout, close reading is given to many contemporary authors, with particular attention paid to such central figures as Douglas Coupland and David Adams Richards. Alex Good explains and contextualizes this period in Canadian fiction for the general reader, providing a much-needed critical re-assessment of Canadian writing in the new millennium. By offering a contrary yet thoughtful position to that taken by our nation's most prominent literary tastemakers, Good offers a vigorous commentary on the state of Canadian literature--where we are and how we got here. |