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Abstract: I??? GLASSCO CULTIVATED THE LYRIC and erotic muses — Euterpe and Erato. He was, above all, in his later years, ...

Abstract: TLHE HISTORIAN OF IDEAS IN CANADA quickly discovers how central the philosophy studied at Canadian universities was in helping to ...

Abstract: Le 26 janvier 1983 II est neuf heures vingt-quatre et assise à ma table de travail, je cherche à éviter ...

Abstract: 1,N THE FIRST WEEK of the second world war, going on thirty years now, Wyndham Lewis followed me, in ignorance, ...

Abstract: This paper examines the intricate theme of “returning home” in Philip Huynh's short story “Toad Poem.” It argues that this story, with its focus on a character who enacts a return visit to Vietnam, allows for a greater appreciation of the active and ongoing connections between Vietnamese Canadians, their homeland, and its complicated history marked by Western imperialism. Importantly, these connections work to disrupt the discourse of the “grateful refugee”—a discourse formulated by the Canadian nation-state that suggests the refugee’s war-torn past has been resolved and replaced by a peaceful and prosperous present. Alternatively, “Toad Poem” suggests how Vietnamese Canadians can remain haunted by losses incurred during the Vietnam War. Diem has not simply left a “communist” Vietnam to flourish in a “free” Canada; rather, his memories and thoughts of the past continue to shape his decisions. Thus, his return to Vietnam denotes a movement back in time, as well as a passage across the Pacific Ocean, to reveal what has been excised from Canada’s state-sanctioned discourse.

Abstract: A„NNA, SUSANNA, AND CATHARINE PARR TRAILL” their names bounce together with the rhythm of a good musical-comedy title song. Certainly ...

Abstract: ALTHOUGH IT HAS TAKEN REVIEWERS and critics more than a decade to recognize that Joyce Carol Oates is not writing ...