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#96 (Spring 1983)
Science & Literature

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Editorial

W. H. New

• Verbal Pulsars (p. 2 - 11)
• Subjects: Science
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Articles

J. R. Nursall

• To Dare to Attempt Impious Wonders: Science & Canadian Literature (p. 13 - 33)
• Subjects: Science, Twentieth Century
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Patrick J. Mahony

• Hugh Hood's Edenic Garden: Psychoanalysis Among the Flowerbeds (p. 37 - 48)
• Subjects: Literary Criticism
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S. E. D. Shortt

• Essayist, Editor, & Physician: The Career of Sir Andrew Macphail, 1864-1938 (p. 49 - 58)
• Subjects: Biography
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Thomas R. Berger

• Conservation, Technology, & the Idea of Progress (p. 60 - 68)
• Subjects: Culture, Politics
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Jane E. Leney

• "In The Fifth City: An Integral Chapter of The New Ancestors (p. 72 - 80)
• Subjects: Literary Criticism
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Tara Cullis

• Science & Literature in the Twentieth Century (p. 87 - 101)
• Subjects: Science, Twentieth Century
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Poems

Henry Beissel

• H20 (p. 11 - 12)

Christopher Dewdney

• Winter Central (p. 33 - 34)

Tom Wayman

• East Kootenay Illumination (p. 34 - 36)

Kevin Roberts

• Of the Stars (p. 36)

Mick Burrs

• Sanctuary (p. 48)

Douglas Barbour

• Art Objects for an Inner Landscape (p. 58 - 59)

Gordon Turner

• A Poem as Big as a Mountain (p. 68)

Kim Maltman

• The Technology of Objects (p. 69)

Kim Maltman

• The Technology of Terror (p. 69 - 70)

John Barton

• Grey (p. 70 - 71)

Kenneth Sherman

• Diane Arbus: Ground Glass (p. 80 - 81)

David McFadden

• Margaret Hollingworth's Typewriter (p. 81 - 82)

David McFadden

• Margaret Hollingworth's Glasses (p. 83 - 84)

David McFadden

• Margaret Hollingworth's Milk (p. 84)

Russell Thornton

• Seagulls Twist Air (p. 85)

Kevin Roberts

• Surprise (p. 85 - 86)

Mick Burrs

• Shelf Life (p. 101 - 102)

John V. Hicks

• Slip Finger (p. 102)

Book Reviews

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A Time to Remember (p. 103 - 105)

by Hilda Thomas

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Obasan by Joy Kogawa
2. The Politics of Racism by Ann Gomer Sunahara

Subjects: Asian Canadian, Immigrant, Politics

Civilization? (p. 105 - 107)

by Elizabeth Waterston

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Civilizing the West: The Galts and the Development of Western Canada by A. A. den Otter

Subjects: History

Penfield (p. 108 - 110)

by Stanley E. Read

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Something Hidden: a Biography of Wilder Penfield by Jonathan Lewis

Subjects: Biography

Doctors (p. 111)

by William C. Gibson, M.D.

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Rogues, Rebels and Geniuses: The Story of Canadian Medicine by Donald Jack

Subjects: History, Literary Criticism

Two Heads (p. 111 - 113)

by Eva-Marie Kröller

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Les Têtes à Papineau by Jacques Godbout

Subjects: Language/Linguistics, Novel, Quebec

Images of a Person (p. 113 - 115)

by Lorne Daniel

Book(s) reviewed:

1. A Beast With Two Backs by T. F. Rigelhof and Mike Mason
2. Salvage by David Hlynsky

Subjects: Literary Criticism, Novel

Manichees & Others (p. 115 - 117)

by Patrick Holland

Book(s) reviewed:

1. It Is Always Summer by David Helwig
2. Return Fare by John Lane

Subjects: Literary Criticism, Novel

Looking Back (p. 117 - 118)

by Richard Dubanski

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Benchmark by Bruce Hunter
2. Branch Lines by Kim Maltman
3. God's Geography by Don Outteridge
4. The Tongues Between Us by Bruce Meyer

Subjects: Landscape/Space, Poetry

Bear's Tales (p. 118 - 120)

by Michelle Lacombe

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Christopher Cartier De La Noisette Dit Nounours by Antonine Maillet

Subjects: Children's Literature

Strong Women (p. 120 - 122)

by Catherine Kerr

Book(s) reviewed:

1. The Man Who Sold Prayers by Margaret Creal

Subjects: Short Fiction, Women's Literature

To the Bone (p. 122 - 124)

by Susan Whaley

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Antichthon by Chris Scott

Subjects: Literary Criticism, Novel

In Custody (p. 124 - 126)

by Paul St. Pierre

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Homage, Henry Kelsey by Jon Whyte
2. The Scarlet Coat Serial by David Day

Subjects: Historiography

Raven's Lands (p. 126 - 130)

by Janet Giltrow

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Landmarks by Robin Skelton
2. Raven the Trickster: Legends of the North American Indians by Gail Robinson
3. Raven's Children by Yves Troendle

Subjects: First Nations

Character in Context (p. 130 - 132)

by Susan Stone-Blackburn

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Blood Relations and Other Plays by Sharon Pollock

Subjects: Drama

Puppeteers (p. 132 - 134)

by Muriel Whitaker

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Pauline: A Biography of Pauline Johnson by Betty Keller
2. The Life and Time of Greg Clark: Canada's Favorite Storyteller by Jock Carroll

Subjects: Biography

Complete Romantic (p. 134 - 136)

by Marian Fowler

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Letters of Bliss Carman by Marian Fowler

Subjects: Correspondence

Covering the Territory (p. 136 - 139)

by Michael Peterman

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Robert Kroetsch by Peter Thomas
2. Sinclair Ross by Lorraine McMullen

Subjects: Literary Criticism

Church & Stage (p. 139 - 141)

by Renate Usmiani

Book(s) reviewed:

1. L'Eglise et le Théâtre au Québec by Jean Laflamme and Remi Tourangeau

Subjects: Quebec, Theatre History

Other Francophones (p. 141 - 143)

by Marilyn E. Kidd

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Changements de tons by Alexandre Amprimoz
2. Éperdument by Marguerite Lapalme
3. Le Livre de marges by L. Leveille

From the Asylum (p. 143 - 145)

by Jane Moss

Book(s) reviewed:

1. J'ai beaucoup changé depuis. . . . by Jocelyne Beaulieu
2. Provincetown Playhouse, juillet 1919, j'avais 19 ans by Normand Chaurette

Subjects: Quebec, Theatre History

Isn't Reality? (p. 145 - 147)

by Douglas Barbour

Book(s) reviewed:

1. The Hawryliw Process: Part Two by Robert Allen

Subjects: Novel

Foul-Weather Pastorals (p. 147 - 149)

by Patricia Merivale

Book(s) reviewed:

1. La Dame qui avait de chaînes aux chevilles by Roch Carrier
2. Le Voyageur distrait by Gilles Archambault
3. Les Masques by Gilbert Larocque

Subjects: Novel, Quebec

In Praise of Inadequacy (p. 149 - 151)

by Perry Nodelman

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Billy Higgins Rides the Freights by Gloria Montero and Olena Kassian
2. The Children's Story by James Clavell
3. The Chocolate Moose by Gwendolyn MacEwen
4. The Mare's Egg by Carole Spray and Kim La Fave

Subjects: Children's Literature, Literary Criticism

Particulars (p. 151 - 153)

by David Jackel

Book(s) reviewed:

1. Fiction of Contemporary Canada by George Bowering
2. Manitoba Stories by Joan Parr
3. Sundog: Stories from Saskatchewan by Robert Kroetsch

Subjects: Literary Criticism, Short Fiction

A to The (p. 153 - 155)

by Terry Goldie

Book(s) reviewed:

1. A. J. M. Smith: An Annotated Bibliography by Michael E. Darling
2. The Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors ABCMA by Jack David and Robert Lecker

Subjects: Bibliography, Publishing

Untitled (p. 155 - 156)

by W. H. New

Book(s) reviewed:

Subjects: Bibliography

Opinions & Notes

Yvon Bellemare

• "Les Têtes à Papineau" (p. 157 - 162)
• Subjects: Novel, Politics, Quebec

F. E. Stockholder

• Hugh Brody's "Maps and Dreams" (p. 163 - 166)
• Subjects: First Nations

Clifford G. Holland

• The Sage of Ottawa (p. 167 - 181)
• Subjects: Biography

Eva Taube

• "St. Urbain's Horseman" (p. 182 - 187)
• Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish-Canadian

W. H. New

• Landscapes (p. 187 - 188)
• Subjects: Bibliography, Landscape/Space

W. H. New and George Woodcock

• On the Verge (p. 188 - 190)

Last Pages

W. H. New

• Last Page (p. 191 - 192)
• Subjects: Bibliography