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#116 (Spring 1988)
Magic & Other Realisms
Add to Cart ($10.00)Editorial
Articles
Poems
Book Reviews
Gradualism (p. 109 - 111)
by Jeremy Mouat
Book(s) reviewed:
- Consensus: A Liberal Looks at his Party by Roy Maclauren
- Public Violence in Canada, 1867-1982 by Judy M. Torrance
- The Character of Class Struggle: Essays in Canadian Working-Class History by Bryan D. Palmer
A Voix multiples (p. 111 - 113)
by Kenneth W. Meadwell
Book(s) reviewed:
- Au coeur de l'instant by Celyne Fortin
- Il y a des nuits que nous habitons tous by Claude Beausoleil
- Le tant-à-coeur by Jean Chapdeleine Gagnon
- Tâche de naissance by Jean Charlebois
Une Bouteille a la mer (p. 113 - 115)
by Irène Oore
Book(s) reviewed:
- Chroniques polissonnes d'un téléphage enragé by Victor-Lévy Beaulieu
Macmillan (p. 115 - 116)
by George Parker
Book(s) reviewed:
- A Bibliography of Macmillan of Canada Imprints 1906-1980 by Bruce Whiteman, Charlotte Stewart, and Catherine Funnell
Depaysement (p. 117 - 118)
by Valerie Raoul
Book(s) reviewed:
- Anne Hébert: Architexture romanesque by Janet M. Paterson
Poetic Travellers (p. 118 - 120)
by Diana M. A. Relke
Book(s) reviewed:
- Arriving at Night by Christopher Levenson
- It's Over It's Beginning by F. W. Watt
- Sometimes the Distance by Bernice Lever
- The Centaur's Mountain by Philip Resnick and Ron Walkey
Yukon History (p. 120 - 122)
by Aron Senkpiel
Book(s) reviewed:
- Yukon Wildlife: A Social History by Robert G. McCandless
Codes of Knowing (p. 122 - 125)
by Stephen Slemon
Book(s) reviewed:
- Encounters and Explorations: Canadian Writers and European Critics by Franz K. Stanzel and Waldemar Zacharasiewicz
- Entering Fire by Rikki Ducornet
- Travels in Hyperreality by Umberto Eco and William Weaver
Kurelek (p. 125 - 127)
by Clara Thomas
Book(s) reviewed:
- Kurelek: A Biography by Patricia Morley
War & Sealore (p. 127 - 129)
by Eric Thompson
Book(s) reviewed:
- Deep Sea Stories from the Thermopylae Club by Ursula Jupp
- Heart of Oak: A Pictorial History of the Royal Canadian Navy by J. A. Foster
- Home Port: Victoria by Ursula Jupp
- Kalavrita: A Greek Tragedy, A Strange Love by Cornel Lumiere
- Tales of the North Atlantic by Hal Lawrence
- True Canadian War Stories by Jane Dewar
Comic Strips (p. 129 - 131)
by John Urquhart
Book(s) reviewed:
- Spring Tides by Sheila Fischman and Jacques Poulin
Inadequate Response (p. 131 - 132)
by Thomas B. Vincent
Book(s) reviewed:
- A Literary and Linguistic History of New Brunswick by R. Gair
Saisons d'amour (p. 132 - 133)
by Thuong Vuong-Riddick
Book(s) reviewed:
- Hors champ by Hélène Dorion
- Les noms du père by Paul Chanel Malenfant
- Madeleine de janvier à septembre by Louise Warren
Deux visions (p. 133 - 134)
by Thuong Vuong-Riddick
Book(s) reviewed:
- Coquillage by Esther Rochon
- Nord électrique by Jean-Pierre April
Tensions in Time (p. 134 - 136)
by J. A. Wainwright
Book(s) reviewed:
- Vibrations in Time by David Watmough
Without a Heart (p. 136 - 138)
by Susan Whaley
Book(s) reviewed:
- After the Fact by Helene Holden
On Her Own (p. 138 - 139)
by Susan Whaley
Book(s) reviewed:
- The Life of Helen Alone by Karen Lawrence
Science & Fiction (p. 140 - 142)
by Lynn (J.R.) Wytenbroek
Book(s) reviewed:
- In Search of the Perfect Lawn by Michael Dean
- Starmageddon by Richard Rohmer
- The Soft Machine: Cybernetic Fiction by David Porush
Trois poetes (p. 142 - 143)
by Marguerite Andersen
Book(s) reviewed:
- L'Hydre à deux coeurs by Marcelle Roy
- L'Irrésolue by Daniel Guenette
- Le Corps de l'infini by Jean-Marc Frechette
Real Issues (p. 143 - 145)
by David W. Atkinson
Book(s) reviewed:
- Blaine's Way by Monica Hughes
- The Fusion Factor by Carol Matas
Comic Rage (p. 145 - 148)
by Douglas Barbour
Book(s) reviewed:
- Adult Entertainment by John Metcalf
Fire & Ice (p. 148 - 149)
by Neil K Besner
Book(s) reviewed:
- Paris Notebooks: Essays & Reviews by Mavis Gallant
Out of Love (p. 149 - 151)
by Shirley Buswell
Book(s) reviewed:
- Robertson Davies by Michael Peterman
Maze & Field (p. 151 - 152)
by Laurel Boone
Book(s) reviewed:
- Nadine by Matt Cohen
Mythic & Surreal (p. 153 - 154)
by John Donlan
Book(s) reviewed:
- Adam and Eve in Middle Age by Rona Murray
- Second Nature by Libby Scheier
- Whitefaces by Fraser Sutherland
Art et regard (p. 155 - 157)
by Dennis F. Essar
Book(s) reviewed:
- Un Roman du regard: La Montagne secrète de Gabrielle Roy by Jean Morency
Dramatic Memory (p. 157 - 159)
by Jill Tomasson Goodwin
Book(s) reviewed:
- Doc by Sharon Pollock
- The Land Called Morning: Three Plays by Caroline Heath
- The Oldest-Living by Pat Smith
Deep in Himself (p. 159 - 161)
by Don Gutteridge
Book(s) reviewed:
- The Collected Poems of Al Purdy by Don Gutteridge
Fear & Form (p. 161 - 163)
by Leslie-Ann Hales
Book(s) reviewed:
- For the Back of a Likeness by Robert Finch
- Shaking the Dreamland by Nadine McInnis
Secret Tensions (p. 163 - 165)
by Anthony John Harding
Book(s) reviewed:
- Housebroken by Leona Gom
- Not Enough Women by Ken Ledbetter
- Standing Flight by Giles Archambault
Future Volumes (p. 165 - 166)
by H. A. Hargreaves
Book(s) reviewed:
- The Motor Boys in Ottawa by Hugh Hood
Different Dragons (p. 167 - 168)
by Raymond Jones
Book(s) reviewed:
- Different Dragons by Jean Little
- Plan B Is Total Panic by Martyn Godfrey
- The Curses of the Third Uncle by Paul Yee
Cajun/Acadien (p. 168 - 170)
by Michele Lacombe
Book(s) reviewed:
- Histoire de la Littérature Acadienne: De rêve en rêve by Marguerite Maillet
- The Cajuns by William Faulkner Rushton
Family Stories (p. 170 - 172)
by Diane McGifford
Book(s) reviewed:
- Black Swan by Gertrude Story
- The Indigo Dress by Rona Murray
Expected Death (p. 172 - 173)
by Don Precosky
Book(s) reviewed:
- Children of Abel by Seymour Mayne
- The Marble Head and Other Poems by Ludwig Zeller
- White of the Lesser Angels by Janice Kulyk Keefer
Diaries (p. 173 - 175)
by Valerie Raoul
Book(s) reviewed:
- Hopes and Dreams: The Diary of Henriette Dessaulles, 1874-1881 by Liedewy Hawke
- The Bourgeois Experience. Victoria to Freud. Vol I. The Education of the Senses by Peter Gay
Scherzo Capriccioso (p. 175 - 177)
by Sam Solecki
Book(s) reviewed:
- Dvorak in Love by Josef Skvorecky
Rohmer's Gaffe (p. 177 - 179)
by Eric Thompson
Book(s) reviewed:
- Rommel & Patton by Richard Rohmer
Livesay Archive (p. 179 - 181)
by Lee Briscoe Thompson
Book(s) reviewed:
- The Papers of Dorothy Livesay by
Fleshless (p. 181 - 183)
by Robert R. Wilson
Book(s) reviewed:
- One Out of Four by Donald Martin
Short Subjects (p. 183 - 185)
by James Doyle
Book(s) reviewed:
- Leaping Up Sliding Away by Kent Thompson
- Small Regrets by Dave Margoshes
Fluent Shadows (p. 185 - 187)
by Lorraine York
Book(s) reviewed:
- Dogstones: Selected and New Poems by Anne Szumigalski
- Flesh and Paper by Suniti Namjoshi and Gillian Hanscombe
- Selected Poems II: Poems Selected and New 1976-1986 by Margaret Atwood
Spears & Arrows (p. 187 - 189)
by K. P. Stich
Book(s) reviewed:
- A Narrow Vision: Duncan Campbell Scott and the Administration of Indian Affairs by E. Brian Titley
Féminisme Québécois (p. 189 - 192)
by Sylvia A. Bergersen
Book(s) reviewed:
- Fragments et Collages by Diane Lamoureux
- La Bonne Aventure by Lise Payette
Seeking the Middle Ground (p. 192 - 194)
by Richard Bevis
Book(s) reviewed:
- Canada and the Arab World by Tareq Y. Ismael
- The Honey Drum by Gwendolyn MacEwen
Speech Acts (p. 194 - 198)
by Gary Boire
Book(s) reviewed:
- Silk Trail by Andrew Suknaski
- Songs of the Maori King by Stephen Chan
- The Face of Jack Munro by Tom Wayman
Mandel's Essays (p. 198 - 200)
by Arnold E. Davidson
Book(s) reviewed:
- The Family Romance by Eli Mandel
Stratford (p. 200 - 203)
by Anthony Dawson
Book(s) reviewed:
- First Stage: The Making of the Stratford Festival by Tom Patterson and Alan Gould
- Stratford: The First Thirty Years by John Pettigrew and Jamie Portman
Archives (p. 203 - 205)
by Helen Hoy
Book(s) reviewed:
- Literary Manuscripts at the National Library of Canada by Linda Hoad
- The Alice Munro Papers: First Accession by J. Moore, J. Tener, and A. Steele
- The Joanna M. Glass Papers by J. Moore, J. Tener, and A. Steele
- The Robert Kroetsch Papers: First Accession by J. Tener et al.
Livesay (p. 205 - 209)
by Sandra Hutchison
Book(s) reviewed:
- A Private and Public Voice: Essays on the Life and Work of Dorothy Livesay by Paul Tiessen, Gerald Noonan, and Lindsay Dorney
- Selected Poems: The Self-Completing Tree by Dorothy Livesay
Island & Road (p. 209 - 211)
by Paul Jacob
Book(s) reviewed:
- Squatter's Island by W. D. Barcus
- The Late Great Human Road Show by Paulette Jiles
Short Stories (p. 211 - 213)
by Peter Klovan
Book(s) reviewed:
- Conventional Emotions by Lesley Choyce
- The Bridge Out of Town by Jake MacDonald
- The Paris-Napoli Express by Janice Kulyk Keefer
Inhibitions (p. 213 - 216)
by Philip Kokotailo
Book(s) reviewed:
- Picking the Morning Colour by Kevin Roberts
- The Boughwolfen and Other Stories by Al Pittman
Counter Traditions (p. 216 - 218)
by Raija H. Koski
Book(s) reviewed:
- Traditionalism, Nationalism, and Feminism: Women Writers of Quebec by Paula Gilbert Lewis
Daughters & Demons (p. 218 - 219)
by Janice Kulyk Keefer
Book(s) reviewed:
- Inspecting the Vaults by Eric McCormack
- Some of Eve's Daughters by Connie Gault
Grazie (p. 220 - 221)
by Dominic Manganiello
Book(s) reviewed:
- Loyalty to the Hunt by Dorina Michelutti
- Slow Mist by Vincenzo Albanese
- Virgin Science by Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
Voix inegales (p. 221 - 225)
by Pierre-Yves Mocquais
Book(s) reviewed:
- Alice vous fait dire bonsoir by Claude Jasmin
- Surprendre les voix by Andre Belleau
Surprised by Joy (p. 225 - 227)
by Patricia Morley
Book(s) reviewed:
- Necessary Secrets: The Journals of Elizabeth Smart by Alice Van Wart
Going Back (p. 227 - 231)
by Ann Munton
Book(s) reviewed:
- Eleusis by Harold Rhenisch
- Out of the Willow Trees by Peter Stevens
- The Tradition by A. F. Moritz
Poetry & Whispers (p. 231 - 234)
by Sarah Munton
Book(s) reviewed:
- Gods and Other Mortals by Helen Humphreys
- Origins by J. R. (Tim) Struthers
- The Concrete Giraffe by Lola Sneyd
- With Other Words by Maria Jacobs
Pouvoir des mots (p. 235 - 236)
by Jean Jonassaint
Book(s) reviewed:
- Le pouvoir des mots, les maux du pouvoir: Des romanciers haïtiens de l'exil by Jean Jonassaint
Grown-Up Children (p. 236 - 238)
by Michael Steig
Book(s) reviewed:
- Danger on the Tracks by Bill Freeman
- Sun God, Moon Witch by Welwyn Wilton Katz
- The Baby Project by Sarah Ellis
Locations & Dislocations (p. 238 - 240)
by Peter A. Taylor
Book(s) reviewed:
- Dislocations by Janette Turner Hospital
- The Garden of Eloise Loon by Edna Alford
Pour la jeunesse (p. 240 - 242)
by Robert Viau
Book(s) reviewed:
- Bach et Bottine by Bernadette Renaud
- L'Espagnole et la Pékinoise by Gabrielle Roy
- Le Dernier des raisins by Raymond Plante
No Title (p. 242)
by George Woodcock
Book(s) reviewed:
- A New Endeavor: Selected and Political Essays, Letters, and Addresses by Michael Horn
