THE LITERARY HISTORY OF ALBERTA VOLUME ONE by George Melnyk ( 9780888643162 )

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THE LITERARY HISTORY OF ALBERTA VOLUME ONE
FROM WRITING-ON-STONE TO WORLD WAR TWO

By:

George Melnyk

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0888643160

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 April, 1998

Series:

Alberta Reflections

Pages:

257

Description:

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.

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Canada

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University of Alberta Press

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