| Counterblasting Canada: Marshall McLuhan, Wyndham Lewis, Wilfred Watson, and Sheila Watson Contributor(s): Betts, Gregory (Editor), Hjartarson, Paul (Editor), Smitka, Kristine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1772120375 ISBN-13: 9781772120370 Publisher: University of Alberta Press OUR PRICE: $54.44 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Canadian - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1914, Wyndham Lewis and Ezra Pound--the founders of vorticism--undertook an unprecedented analysis of the present, its technologies, communication, politics, and architecture. The essays in Counterblasting Canada trace the influence of vorticism on Marshall McLuhan and Canadian Modernism. Building on the initial accomplishment of the magazine Blast, McLuhan's subsequent Counterblast, and the network of artistic and intellectual relationships that flourished in Canadian vorticism, the contributors offer groundbreaking examinations of postwar Canadian literary culture, particularly the legacies of Sheila and Wilfred Watson. Intended primarily for scholars of literature and communications, Counterblasting Canada explores a crucial and long-overlooked strand in Canadian cultural and literary history. Contributors: Gregory Betts, Adam Hammond, Paul Hjartarson, Dean Irvine, Elena Lamberti, Philip Monk, Linda M. Morra, Kristine Smitka, Leon Surette, Paul Tiessen, Adam Welch, Darren Wershler. |