States of Nature

  • Antonine Maillet and Ben-Z. Shek (Translator)
    Mariaagélas: Maria, daughter of Gélas. Simon and Pierre
  • Claire Martin and David Lobdell (Translator)
    The Legacy [Quand j'aurai payé ton visage]. Oberon Press
  • Robina Salter
    Hannah. McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
  • Marilyn Yalom
    Maternity, Mortality, and the Literature of Madness. University of Pennsylvania Press
Reviewed by Heather Murray
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This review “States of Nature” originally appeared in Shaping Texts. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 119 (Winter 1988): 143-146.

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