Articles



West of the Great Divide: Man & Nature in the Literature of British Columbia
Abstract: I N THAT LITTLE CLASSIC of coastal literature, M. Wylie Blan- chet’s The Curve of Time, there is an episode ...

Western Myth: the world of Ralph Connor
Abstract: “RALPH CONNOR” is a name which is virtually lost in the mists of time. Apart from librarians and specialists in ...

Western Panorama: Settings and Themes in Robert J. G. Stead
Abstract: ΤLHOUGH THE NOVELS of Robert J. G. Stead have received some notice from the historians of Canadian literature, especially in ...

What Happened to Pauline?
Abstract: A EVERYONE INTERESTED in Canadian literary history knows, the Pauline Johnson centennial was celebrated last year; indeed, the more obvious ...

What Kroetsch Said: The Problem of Meaning and Language in “What the Crow Said”
Abstract: wITÈRE IT NOT FOR ROBERT KROETSCH’S generous attitude towardthecritic’srole,itwouldseemanactofhubristoattempttointerpret What ψ TERE the Crow Said, the novel that he wrote ...

What Stories Do
Abstract: The title of Episkenew’s Taking Back Our Spirits, as a verb-based phrase, emphasizes the working assumption that this book makes ...

What Stories Do: A Response to Episkenew
Abstract: Part 3 of "Thinking Together: A Forum on Jo-Ann Episkenew’s Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing."

The original live forum on Jo-Ann Episkenew’s Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing brought together the author of only the second monograph by an Indigenous literary critic in Canada with three critics, who discussed her recently published work in front of members of the Canadian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (CACLALS) and the Association of Bibliotherapy and Applied Literatures (IABAL). Following the live event, the panelists submitted written versions of their contributions to the convenors of the forum, allowing all centrally involved to reflect further on the thoughts of the other panelists and of those in the audience who offered further ideas.

What Would Sam Waters Do? Guy Vanderhaeghe and Søren Kierkegaard
Abstract: He takes a step towards me [Ed]. I find myself thinking very hard.  The inevitable question arises. What would Sam ...

What’s the Matter? Authors in Carol Shields’ Short Fiction
Abstract: In all her fiction − long and short − Carol Shields returns repeatedly to the figure of the writer, usually ...

Wheels on Fire: The Train of Thought in George Ryga’s The Ecstasy of Rita Joe
Abstract: FROM CASEY JONES то SIGMUND FREUD the train is an ambigu- ous and powerful icon. It has been used to ...