Highways of Canadian Literature

Highways of Canadian Literature

Highways of Canadian Literature provides teachers and students in educational institutions and readers in general with a complete history of the Canadian literature extant in the English language. In very recent years Canadian universities and colleges have added to their curricula systematic study of the verse and prose of the chief writers born in or resident in the Dominion. Also, teachers in Canadian academies and high schools, as occasion affords opportunity, inform their pupils about the lives and work of Canadian authors. Further: as expressive of the new and increasing interest in Canadian Literature, Literary Clubs, Reading Clubs, and Reading Circles have been formed, and constantly are being formed, to promote community study of the writings of Canadian men and women of letters. Hitherto, however, those who wished to be informed on the literary history of Canada and the status of Canadian Literature, had to depend on Anthologies, summary annalistic Sketches, and biographical Compendia. The earlier anthologies comprise verse either chronologically or topically arranged, but some of them contain, in an Appendix, biographical notes on the authors represented in the volumes. The later anthologies, as, for instance, Garvins Canadian Poets, contain, besides the selections, biographical and critical introductions. These anthologies, though comprehensive, informing and delightful source-books, do not, by themselves, disclose the development of Canadian Literature. The annalistic sketches or compendia, on the other hand, are too sketchy, too annalistic. They do not tell the story of the development of Canadian Literature with any attempt at perspective or at disclosing its social and spiritual origins. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 65557
Author: French, Donald G.
Release Date: Jun 7, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Logan, J. D. (John Daniel), 1869-1929