Paraphrasing the Paraphrase OR What I Learned from Reading Every Issue of Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne and Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne

This paper argues that digital humanities methods of distance reading constitute a valuable form of paraphrase of the field of Canadian literature. In this paper I demonstrate the use of distance reading to analyze the entirety of two journals in the field: Canadian Literature/Littérature canadienne and Studies in Canadian Literature/Études en littérature canadienne. I argue that this form of analysis may demonstrate the value in some forms of thematic paraphrase.