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On Canadian literature

by William Toye

Canadian literatureHistory and criticism

A regional introduction to 121 authors and their books, covering the Maritimes (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island), Newfoundland, Quebec and Ontario up to and including Michael Ondaatje (among Ontario writers who began publishing in the 1960s). Toye's retirement speech, given at the end of his career at the Oxford University Press, is the addendum.

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