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#145 (Summer 1995)
DeMille & Fantasy

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Editorial

W. H. New

• George Woodcock 1912-1995 (p. 4 - 18)
• Subjects: Biography
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W. H. New

• Looking Back to 1994 (p. 7 - 18)
• Subjects: Publishing

Articles

Linda Lamont-Stewart

• Rescued by Postmodernism: The Escalating Value of James De Mille's 'A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder" (p. 21 - 36)
• Subjects: Novel, Postmodernism, Speculative Fiction
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Gwendolyn Guth

• Reading Frames of Reference: The Satire of Exegesis in James De Mille's 'A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder" (p. 39 - 59)
• Subjects: Novel, Speculative Fiction
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Flavio Multineddu

• A Tendentious Game With An Uncanny Riddle: 'A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder' (p. 62 - 81)
• Subjects: Novel, Speculative Fiction
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Stephen Milnes

• Colonialist Discourse, Lord Featherstone's Yawn and the Significance of the Denouement in 'A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder' (p. 86 - 104)
• Subjects: Novel, Postcolonialism, Speculative Fiction
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Katherine Acheson

• Anne Wilkinson in Michael Ondaatje's 'In the Skin of a Lion': Writing and Reading Class (p. 107 - 119)
• Subjects: Novel, Working Class
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Poems

M. Travis Lane

• A Reader's Deductions (p. 19)

M. Travis Lane

• What Can Be Named in Numbers Reassures (p. 20)

Eric Miller

• Deduction of the Aesthetic Judgement (p. 37 - 38)

Don Kerr

• Edward Hopper (p. 60 - 61)

John Marshall

• The Traveller (p. 82 - 83)

John Pass

• Reprieve for the Body (p. 84 - 85)

David Zieroth

• First Rain, Then Snow (p. 105)

Kevin Irie

• Sparrows on Ossington Avenue (p. 106)

Tom Eadie

• Anthropos Metros (p. 120)

Cheryl Foggo

• Touch (p. 121)

Book Reviews

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Columbus & After (p. 122 - 125)

by Noel Elizabeth Currie

Book(s) reviewed:

1. A World Too Vast: The Four Voyages of Columbus by Alexander McKee
2. Looking for Livingstone: An Odyssey of Silence by Marlene Nourbese Philip
3. The Burial Ground by Pauline Holdstock
4. The Columbus Conspiracy: An Investigation into the Secret History of Christopher Columbus by Michael Bradley
5. To America and Around the World: The Logs of Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan by

Subjects: Exploration, Feminism, History, Novel, United States

Critical Agendas (p. 125 - 127)

by Patrick Holland

Book(s) reviewed:

1. From the Heart of the Heartland: The Fiction of Sinclair Ross by John Moss
2. Narrative Strategies in Canadian Literature: Feminism and Postcolonialism by Coral Ann Howells and Lynette Hunter

Subjects: Feminism, Novel, Postcolonialism, Prairie Writing

Touching Bottom (p. 127 - 128)

by Patrick Holland

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Making Fun of Travellers by Deborah Eibel
2. My Grass Cradle by Joanne Arnott
3. Under the Jasmine Moon by Geri Rosenzweig

Subjects: Poetry

Real Ladies (p. 129 - 131)

by Lee Briscoe Thompson

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Pale as Real Ladies: Poems for Pauline Johnson by Joan Crate

Subjects: Poetry

Isolation as Existence (p. 131 - 132)

by T. Gillese

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Out On Main Street by Shani Mootoo
2. The Guest House and Other Stories by Kristjana Gunnars

Subjects: Short Fiction

Writing, America (p. 133 - 134)

by I. S. MacLaren

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Narrating Discovery: The Romantic Explorer in American Literature, 1790-1855 by Bruce Greenfield

Subjects: Exploration, United States

Myth & Literature (p. 135 - 136)

by Richard Hodgson

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Connaissance de Nelligan by Réjean Robidoux
2. Jean Rivard ou l'art de réussir. Idéologie et utopie dans l'oeuvre d'Antoine Gérin-Lajoie by Robert Major

Subjects: Francophone, Novel, Poetry, Speculative Fiction

The University at Issue (p. 136 - 139)

by L. M. Findlay

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Academic Capitalism and Literary Value by Harold Fromm
2. The Idea of the University: A Reexamination by Jaroslav Pelikan

Subjects: Education/Pedagogy

Wisdom Systems (p. 139 - 141)

by Craig W. McLuckie

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Baysville: Poems by John Donlan
2. Raising of Voices by Robert Hilles

Subjects: Poetry

The Road to Wholeness (p. 142 - 144)

by Catherine Rainwater

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Food & Spirits by Beth Brant
2. The Gathering: Stones for the Medicine Wheel by Gregory Scofield

Subjects: First Nations, Poetry, Short Fiction

Societies on Stage (p. 144 - 145)

by Paul M. Malone

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Taking Liberties & Into by Dave Carley
2. The Motor Trade & The Affections of May by Norm Foster
3. The Saints and Apostles by Raymond Storey
4. Yankee Notions by Anne Chislett

Subjects: Drama, History

Blind Spot (p. 146 - 147)

by Lorraine M. York

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Brutal Choreographies: Oppositional Strategies and Narrative Design in the Novels of Margaret Atwood by J. Brooks Bouson
2. The Fat Lady Dances: Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle by Margery Fee

Subjects: Literary Criticism, Novel

A Woman's Place (p. 147 - 148)

by Maria Noëlle Ng

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Fresh Girls and Other Stories by Evelyn Lau
2. Kitchen Talk by Edna Alford and Claire Harris

Subjects: Poetry, Short Fiction, Women's Literature

Being Different (p. 148 - 150)

by Maria Noëlle Ng

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Articulate Silences by King-Kok Cheung
2. Touch the Dragon: A Thai Journal by Karen Connelly

Subjects: Asian American, Literary Criticism, Travel Writing

Italianità (p. 150 - 152)

by Petra Fachinger

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Christ in Concrete by Pietro di Donato
2. The Lion's Mouth by Caterine Edwards

Subjects: Italo-Canadian , Novel

Where the Boys Are (p. 152 - 154)

by Peter Dickinson

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Between Men and Feminism by David Porter
2. Male Subjectivity at the Margins by Kaja Silverman

Subjects: Feminism, Gender

Response & Responsibility (p. 154 - 155)

by Dennis Denisoff

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Confronting AIDS though Literature: The Responsibilities of Representation by Judith Laurence Pastore
2. The Apparitional Lesbian: Female Homosexuality and Modern Culture by Terry Castle

Subjects: Body & Health, Cultural Studies, Gay/Lesbian

Voices of Disappointment (p. 155 - 157)

by Lesley D. Clement

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Alaska Highway Two-Step by Caroline Woodward
2. Beyond the Snowstorm: Short Stories by Yvette Edmonds
3. The Illumination of Alice Mallory by Maureen Moore

Subjects: Novel, Short Fiction

Lines & Angles (p. 157 - 159)

by Lorna Marie Irvine

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Missing Fred Astaire by P. Scott Lawrence
2. The Little Black Dress by Cary Fagan

Subjects: Short Fiction

Ethical Postmodernism (p. 160 - 161)

by Stephen Milnes

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Postmodernism: A Reader by Patricia Waugh
2. Postmodernity: Key Ideas by Beth Smart

Subjects: Postmodernism

Opinions & Notes

Fred Wah

• Warren Tallman, 1921-1994 (p. 162 - 163)
• Subjects: Biography

Malcolm Page

• Michael Cook, 1932-1994 (p. 163 - 164)
• Subjects: Biography

George Woodcock

• On the Verge (p. 165)
• Subjects: First Nations, Novel, Politics

Last Pages

W. H. New

• Last Page (p. 172 - 175)
• Subjects: Environment, Landscape/Space