The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature

A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.

From Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood, this fully revised second edition is a multi-authored English-language introduction to Canadian writing in English and French. Paying special attention to works from the 1960s and after, it includes a separate section discussing major genres in French, a detailed chronology and an extensive bibliography.This fully revised second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature offers a comprehensive introduction to major writers, genres and topics. For this edition several chapters have been completely rewritten to reflect major developments in Canadian literature since 2004. Surveys of fiction, drama and poetry are complemented by chapters on Aboriginal writing, autobiography, literary criticism, writing by women and the emergence of urban writing. Areas of research that have expanded since the first edition include environmental concerns and questions of sexuality which are freshly explored across several different chapters. A substantial chapter on francophone writing is included. Authors such as Margaret Atwood, noted for her experiments in multiple literary genres, are given full consideration, as is the work of authors who have achieved major recognition, such as Alice Munro, recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature.