Odysseus Ever Returning: Essays on Canadian Writers and WritingIncluded in this collection of critical essays are new essays on Leonard Cohen and Brian Moore -- all the other articles have appeared in various Canadian literary journals. There are critical looks at the works of Hugh MacLennan, Morley Callaghan, Wyndham Lewis, Malcolm Lowry, Irving Layton, A.J.M. Smith and Earle Birney. Woodcock offers comment on Edmund Wilson's views on Canadian literature and provices a valuable analysis of the level of criticism and the state of prominent literary publications in Canada. William New's perceptive introduction brings new insights to bear on one of Canada's best-respected literary critics. |
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Notes on the Development | 1 |
Away From Lost Worlds from On Contemporary Literature | 8 |
The Novels of Hugh MacLennan | 12 |
Copyright | |
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