A Sense of Style: Studies in the Art of Fiction in English-speaking CanadaProfessor Keith believes that insufficient attention has been paid in the recent past to the art of Canadian fiction. A Sense of Style returns to more traditional emphases. Keith has chosen the work of ten fiction-writers representing the range of Canadian fiction during the past fifty years, and has discussed their writings in what he believes to be the most appropriate terms -- terms which emphasize artistry rather than theme or the exploration of national identity. The writers considered are Margaret Atwood, Robertson Davies, Mavis Gallant, Jack Hodgins, Hugh Hood, Margaret Laurence, W.O. Mitchell, Alice Munro, Howard O'Hagan, and Ethel Wilson. |
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A Sense of Style: Studies in the Art of Fiction in English-speaking Canada W. J. Keith No preview available - 1989 |
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Alice Munro allegory artifice artistic attitudes Atwood become Canada Canadian fiction Canadian Literature Canadian Writing chapter characters comic complex contemporary conventional course critical Davies's Denham discussion Edible Woman effect emphasis English Essays Ethel Wilson example experience fact Fifth Business Hagar Hetty Dorval Hodgins Hodgins's Hood's Hugh Hood human imaginative Innocent Traveller insists instance interview Jack Denham Jack Hodgins Jake Lady Oracle language later Laurence's Lilly's Linnet literary Macmillan Margaret Atwood Margaret Laurence Mavis Gallant McClelland meaning Mitchell's moral myth narrative narrator never novel novelist O'Hagan offered omniscient Ottawa parody patterns phrase plot present problem prose protagonist qualities readers realistic realize Rebel Angels recognize remarks Robertson Davies satiric scene seems Seen the Wind sense Shirley speech Stone Angel story story-telling style stylistic tale Tay John telling things tion told tone Topaz Toronto traditional ultimately Vancouver voice W.O. Mitchell wilderness words written