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98 On Dennis Lee

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97 Poetic Form

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92 Fiction in the Seventies

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91 Timothy Findley & the War Novel

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90 The Art of Autobiography

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88 Contemporary Quebec Fiction

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87 The Making of Modern Poetry

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86 The Structure of Fiction

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85 Contemporary Dramatists & the Art of the Theatre

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84 Psychological Fictions: Myth, Carr, Lowry

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83 Intellectual History

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82 Journals: Self & Society

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81 The Nineteenth Century

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80 The Moral Novel

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79 A Poetry Miscellany

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78 Writing for Children

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77 Alberta Writers

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76 Sources

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75 Nationalism

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74 Women and Literature

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73 Exiles and Expatriates

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72 The Psychology of Literature

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71 Remembering Roderick Haig-Brown

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70 Themes and Variations in Criticism

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68-69 Special Issue on the Maritimes

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67 Manners of Criticism

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66 Jalna Revisited

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65 Links with the Great Tradition

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64 Ultramarine - Hail and Farewell

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63 Wilderness and Utopia

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62 Canadians - Conscious or Self-Conscious?

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61 Fifteenth Anniversary Issue

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60 Contemporary Canadian Poets

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59 Lovers and Losers

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58 A Forest of Symbols

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57 Publish Canadian

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56 Poets Past and Future

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55 Discoveries and Rediscoveries

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54 Poetic Occasions

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53 Of Heavenly Hounds and Earthly Men

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52 National Origins

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51 Anna, Susanna, and Catharine

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50 Poetry of P. K. Page

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49 Views of Novelists

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48 Aspects of Layton

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47 Dorothy Livesay - Poetry of Politics and Love

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46 The Frontiers of Literature

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45 Confrontations, Correspondences, Comparisons

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44 Lowry's Reading

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43 Arts in the Politician's Eye

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42 The Living Mosaic

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41 Tenth Anniversary Issue

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40 Colonialism and Post-Colonialism

(1969 Spring)

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39 The Relevance of Humour

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38 Explorers and Poets

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37 Federation of Letters

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36 Books of the Year

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35 Wyndham Lewis in Canada

(1968 Winter)

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34 Views of Leonard Cohen

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33 Publishing in Canada

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32 New Wave in Canadian Poetry

(1967 Spring)

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31 A Salute to F. R. Scott

(1967 Winter)

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30 A Salute to Earle Birney

(1966 Autumn)

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29 Apprenticeships in Discovery

(1966 Summer)

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28 Poets Past and Present

(1966 Spring)

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27 Time and Fiction

(1966 Winter)

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26 The Sleeping Giant

(1965 Autumn)

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25 A Symposium on A. M. Klein

(1965 Summer)

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24 Literary History in Canada

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23 Modern Canadian Poets

(1965 Winter)

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22 Louis Dudek as Man of Letters

(1964 Autumn)

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21 Recollections of E. J. Pratt

(1964 Summer)

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20 The Critic's Task

(1964 Spring)

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19 Salute to E. J. Pratt

(1964 Winter)

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18 The Writer's World

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17 Writers on the Prairies

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16 Plays and Folk Songs

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15 Salute to A. J. M. Smith

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14 Jacobean Poets in Newfoundland

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13 The Year in French Canada

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12 Poetry Off the Page

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11 Canadian Literature

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10 Canadian Literature

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9 Canadian Literature

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8 A Special Malcolm Lowry Issue

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7 Canadian Literature

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6 Canadian Literature

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5 Canadian Literature

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4 Canadian Literature

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3 Canadian Literature

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2 Canadian Literature

(1959 Autumn)

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