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Margaret Atwood : Works and Impact. First Priting paperback

By: ATWOOD, Margaret). NISCHIK, Reingard M. (ed.) NISCHIK, Reingard M. (ed.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Anansi, Toronto, 2002, ISBN:0887846823:

Seller ID: 112143

(ATWOOD, Margaret). NISCHIK, Reingard M. (ed.). Margaret Atwood : Works andImoact. (Toronto) : Anansi, (2002). First Printing. Pp (6),[vii]-xii,[1]-3 44,(4). Illustrated. Index. 8vo, illustrated purple card covers, lettered in black and white. Contents : "Flagpoles and entrance doors" : introduction(by Reingard M. Nischik). I. Life and Status : Lions, tigers, and pussycat s : Margaret Atwood (auto- ) biographically (by Nathalie Cooke); Celebrity,or, A Disneyland of the soul : Margaret Atwood and the media (by Susanne B ecker); Canonizing Atwood : her impact on teaching in the US, Canad...
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Elizabeth Bishop's Poetics of Description. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: BISHOP, Elizabeth). PICKARD, Zachariah.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal & Kingston, 2009, ISBN:9780773535053:

Seller ID: 111567

(BISHOP, Elizabeth). PICKARD, Zachariah. Elizabeth Bishop's Poetics of Description. Montreal & Kingston, London, Ithaca: McGill-Queen's University Press, (2009). First Printing. Pp. (8),[ix]-x,(2),[1]-212. 8vo, black paper covered board with silver lettering to spine. "Many readers are struck by Elizabeth bishop's use of clear, striking descriptions of the physical world, but no scholar has ever analysed how Bishop's commitment to description shapes her writing and thinking. 'Elizabeth Bisop's Poetics of Description' argues that attention to the material realm informs everything Bishop doe...
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Humanities Association Bulletin. Volume 21, No. 1, Winter 1970

By: BREWSTER, Elizabeth COGSWELL, Fred (ed.). USMIANI, Renate MILESOVITCH, Vincent M.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Humanities Association of Canada, Fredericton, N.B., 1970,:

Seller ID: 88411

(BREWSTER, Elizabeth). COGSWELL, Fred (ed.). The Humanities Association Bulletin. Volume XXI, No. 1, Winter 1970. (Fredericton, N.B.: Humanities Association of Canada, 1970). Pp [1]-63,(1). 8vo, white stapled card covers. Includes “Chronology of Summer” - Elizabeth Brewster's account of her principles and practices as a poet (pp 34-39). Other content : “Propriety as an esthetic principle in Dryden, Shakespeare and Wagner” (by Vincent M. Milesovitch); “What is Art?” (by Elizabeth Whealy); “Alienation, Psychological and Metaphysical, in three “Nivolas” of Unamuno” (by J.F. Tu...
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Humanities Association Bulletin. Volume 21, No. 1, Winter 1970

By: BREWSTER, Elizabeth COGSWELL, Fred (ed.). USMIANI, Renate MILESOVITCH, Vincent M.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Humanities Association of Canada, Fredericton, N.B., 1970,:

Seller ID: 88409

Crawford Symposium. Reappraisals : Canadian Writers

By: CEAWFORD, Isabella Vallancy). TIERNEY, Frank M., (ed.) LIVESAY, Dorothy TIERNEY, Frank M. (ed.) DUDEK, Louis

Price: $25.00

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press, Ottawa, 1979, ISBN:2760343855:

Seller ID: 101063

CEAWFORD, Isabella Vallancy). TIERNEY, Frank M., (ed.). The Crawford Symposium. Edited and with an introduction by Frank M. Tierney. Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, (1979). Pp (8),ix,(1),1-158. Frontispiece Portrait. 8vo, orange card covers, lettered in white. In the Reappraisals : Canadian Writers series. Cover title : The Isabella Vallancy Crawford Symposium. Contents : Introduction (by Frank M. Tierney); The Life of Isabella Valancy Crawford (by Dorothy Livesay); In Search of Isabella Valaney Crawford (by Penny Petrone); Crawford's. Early Works (by Margo Dunn); Crawford and the Penetra...
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Odysseys Home : Mapping African-Canadian Literature. First Edition, Paperback

By: CLARKE, George Elliott

Price: $25.00

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2002, : 2002

Seller ID: 48470

ISBN: 0802081916

CLARKE, George Elliott. Odysseys Home : Mapping African-Canadian Literature. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (2002). First Edition. Pp (4),[v]-xii,(2),[3]-491,(1). Large 8vo (171 x 247 mm), art-illustrated card covers, with pink & light orange lettering to spine.

George Elliott Clarke, O.C., O.N.S. (b. February 12, 1960, Windsor, Nova Scotia) a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright was an associate professor at the University of Toronto at the time of publication.

"Odysseys Home : Mapping African-Canadian Literature is a pioneering study of Afric...
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Studies in Maritime Literary History, 1760-1930

By: DAVIES, Gwendolyn DAY, Frank Parker McCULLOCH, Thomas M'KINNON, William Charles

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Acadiensis Press, Fredericton, 1991, ISBN:0919107346:

Seller ID: 4728

DAVIES, Gwendolyn. Studies in Maritime Literary History, 1760-1930. Fredericton : Acadiensis Press, 1991. Pp (8),[9]-206,(2). 8vo, purple trade paperback. Contents: Introduction: Steering to Our Sources; Persona in Planter Journals; Consolation to Distress: Loyalist Literary Activity in the Maritimes; James Irving: Literature and Libel in Early Nova Scotia; Penetrating into Scott's Field: The Covenanting Fiction of Thomas McCulloch; "Dearer Than His Dog": Literary Women in Pre-Confederation Nova Scotia; The Club Papers:Haliburton's Literary Apprenticeship; William Charles M'Kinnon: Cap...
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Myth and Milieu : Atlantic Literature and Culture, 1918-1939.

By: DAVIES, Gwendolyn, (ed.) DAY, Frank Parker) MONTGOMERY, L.M.) McKAY, Ian

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Acadiensis Press, Fredericton, 1993, ISBN:0919107397:

Seller ID: 25528

DAVIES, Gwendolyn, (ed.). Myth and Milieu: Atlantic Literature and Culture,1918-1939. Fredericton : Acadiensis Press, 1993. Pp. (6),iiv,[1]-209,(1). 8vo, illustrated red trade paperback. Thomas H. Raddall Symposium No. 2. Newfoundland: Elizabeth Miller's "Newfoundland Literature in the 'Dirty Thirties'"; David G. Pitt's "The Challenged Heritage: The Sea as Myth and Milieuin the Poetry of E.J. Pratt". Davies' Introduction; Ian McKay's "Helen Cre ighton and the Politics of Antimodernism"; Margaret Conrad's 's "The Battleof the Cartoonists: The Cartoon Art of Donald Mc...
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Tributaries : An Anthology: Writer to Writer.

By: DEMPSTER, Barry, (ed.). ATWOOD, Margaret BREWSTER, Elizabeth PURDY, Al

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Mosaic Press / Valley Editions, Oakville, Ontario, 1978, ISBN:00889620911:

Seller ID: 81462

DEMPSTER, Barry, (ed.). Tributaries : An Anthology: Writer to Writer. (Oakville, Ontario) : Mosaic Press / Valley Editions, (1978). First Edition. Pp [1]-112. 8vo, white card covers. “Tributaries is a compilation of gossip, laurels, heart-baring, criticism, dues, incest and praises. It's an opportunity for Canadian writers to sing and dance about fellow-writers, a little baying at the moon – a celebration of sorts: the equivalent of Hollywood giving themselves little gold idols.” - from the back cover. Poetry by Margaret Atwood, Rosemary Aubert, Douglas Barbour, Herb Barrett, Robert Boud...
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George Grant and Religion : A Conversation Prepared and Edited by William Christian. An article in Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 26, No.1, Spring 1991

By: GRANT, George CHRISTIAN, William HOY, Helen MUNRO, Alice

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, 1991,:

Seller ID: 86729

(GRANT, George). CHRISTIAN, William. “George Grant and Religion : A Conversation Prepared and Edited by William Christian.” An article in Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 26, No.1, Spring 1991, pp 42-63. (Peterborough, Ontario : Trent University, 1991). Pp [1]-192. 8vo, purple card covers, letteredin white. Other articles : Helen Hoy's “Alice Munro: Unforgettable, Indige stible Messages”; Nicole Aas-Rouxparis's “Marie-Claire Blais: Une révolte illuminée”; Chad Gaffield's “The New Regional History: Rethinking the History of the Outaouais”; Tom Mitchell's “We Must Stand Fast...
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Humanities Association Bulletin. Volume 21, No. 4, Fall 1970

By: HEMINGWAY, Ernest COGSWELL, Fred (ed.). THOMAS, Peter O'BRIEN, Conor Cruise

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Humanities Association of Canada, Fredericton, N.B., 1970,:

Seller ID: 88412

(HEMINGWAY, Ernest). COGSWELL, Fred (ed.). The Humanities Association Bulletin. Volume XXI, No. 4, Fall 1970. (Fredericton, N.B.: Humanities Association of Canada, 1970). Pp [1]-51,(1). 8vo, white stapled card covers. Includes “A Lost Leader: Hemingway's ”The Light of the World” (by Peter Thomas, pp14-19). Other content : “Thersites as Crucial Figure in Shakespeare's “Tro ilus and Cressida” (by Mark Sacharoff); “Politics and Scholarship: A Talk with Conor Cruise O'Brien” (by Donald Cameron); “Likeness in his Pictures”: “Characters” in Clarendon's History” (by Gayle Ed...
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Lovely Treachery of Words : Essays Selected and New. First Edition

By: KROETSCH, Robert Studies in Canadian Literature series. GROVE, Frederick Philip

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1989, ISBN:019540694X:

Seller ID: 101145

KROETSCH, Robert. The Lovely Treachery of Words : Essays Selected and New. Toronto : Oxford University Press 1989. First Printing. Pp (8),[ix]-x,[1]-206. 8vo, photo-illustrated beige card covers, black titles to front and spine. In the Studies in Canadian Literature series. "This collection of essays - some of them already classics, others appearing in print for the first time - The Lovely Treachery of Words is an important contribution to Canadian literature and culture. In it Robert Kroetsch concentrates on the age-old act of storytelling and its significance to individuals and society, ...
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Invocations : The Poetry and Prose of Gwendolyn MacEwen. in dj

By: MacEWEN, Gwendolyn) BARTLEY, Jan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 1983, ISBN:0774801778:

Seller ID: 54866

(MacEWEN, Gwendolyn). BARTLEY, Jan. Invocations : The Poetry and Prose of Gwendolyn MacEwen. Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, (1983).Pp. 113. 8vo, blue cloth. A critical reading of the Canadian author' s poe try and prose. Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen (b. September 1, 1941, Toronto – d. November 29, 1987, Toronto) was a Canadian poet and novelist. Very good in dustjacket (small piece of tape at the tail). 20.00
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Marjorie Pickthall : A Memorial Address given at Victoria University, Toronto, April 7, 1943,. signed.

By: PIERCE, Lorne PICKTHALL, Marjorie.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1943,:

Seller ID: 40627

PIERCE, Lorne. Marjorie Pickthall : A Memorial Address given at Victoria University, Toronto, April 7, 1943, in Commemoration of the Twenty-First Anniversary of the Poet's Death. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1943. Pp 19. 8vo, stapled wraps. Rubbed and slightly soiled, else vg. Signed with an inscription by Pierce. 60.00
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Marjorie Pickthall : A Memorial Address given at Victoria University, Toronto, April 7, 1943. signed.

By: PIERCE, Lorne PICKTHALL, Marjorie.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ryerson Press, 1943,:

Seller ID: 86435

PIERCE, Lorne. Marjorie Pickthall : A Memorial Address given at Victoria University, Toronto, April 7, 1943, in Commemoration of the Twenty-First Anniversary of the Poet's Death. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1943. Pp 19. 8vo, stapled wraps. Dampstain and nicking to spine, rubbed, as is. 20.00
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Alphabet : A Semiannual Devoted to the Iconography of the Imagination. Number Six, June 1963

By: REANEY, James, (ed.). ATWOOD, Margaret GLASSCO, John FRASER. Raymond

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Alphabet, London, Ont, 1963,:

Seller ID: 102303

(ATWOOD, Margaret). (REANEY, James, (ed.). Alphabet : A Semiannual devoted to the Iconography of the Imagination. Number Six June 1963. London, Ont.: Alphabet, 1963. Pp (5),6-80. 8vo, red card covers, black lettering to front cover, blank spine. The sixth issue of Reaney's hand-set Canadian literary journal, dealing very broadly with the myth of Job. Contents: Margaret Gayfer's "J.B. vs Job", Richard Stingle's "The Donnellys: Ritual Victims"; Poetry by Ben Jones, Marilyn Davis, Warren Stevenson, Jack Chambers, John Glassco, Margaret Atwood (four poems: 'The Orphan from Alberta', 'Poor Tom', 'M...
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David Adams Richards : Essays on His Works. First Edition

By: RICHARDS, David Adams). TREMBLAY, Tony, ed.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Guernica, Toronto , 2005, ISBN:1550711997: 2005

Seller ID: 79015

ISBN: 1550711997

(RICHARDS, David Adams). David Adams Richards : Essays on His Works. Edited by Tony Tremblay. Toronto : Guernica, 2005. First Edition. Pp [1]-159,(1). 12mo (108 x 178 mm), photo-illustrated glossy grey cardcovers with yellow and white lettering to front cover, with black lettering to yellow spine.

No 16 in the Writers Series.

David Adams Richards, C.M., O.N.B. (b. October 17, 1950, Newcastle, New Brunswick).

Michael Anthony 'Tony' Tremblay (b. 1962) was teaching in Fredericton at the time of publication.

"David Adams Richards is one ...
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Sir Charles G.D. Roberts : A Biography. First Edition in dustjacket, Double signed

By: ROBERTS, Charles G.D., Sir). POMEROY, E.M POMEROY, E.M. PIERCE, Lorne, intro.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Ryerson, 1943,: 1943

Seller ID: 42419

(ROBERTS, Charles G.D., Sir). POMEROY, E.M. Sir Charles G.D. Roberts : A Biography. Introduction by Lorne Pierce. Toronto : The Ryerson Press, (April 1943). First Edition. Pp (10),vii-xxiv,(2),1-371,(1) + portrait frontispiece + 18 pp plates. 8vo, blue cloth, yellow rather than gilt lettering to spine.

Designed by Thoreau MacDonald.

Wallace, The Ryerson Imprint p.111, Watters p. 563, Rhodenizer p.1031, Dagg, The Feminine Gaze : A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and Their Books, 1836-1945 pp.242-243.

Elsie May Pomeroy (b. Nove...
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Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en Littérature Canadienne. Volume 29, Number 1. Special Section / Dossier spécial : Women in Motion / Femmes en Mouvement

By: SCHWERDTNER, Karin, and Karen BAMFORD (eds.). HUBBARD, Mina

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University of New Brunswick,, Fredericton, N.B., 2004,:

Seller ID: 98675

SCHWERDTNER, Karin, and Karen BAMFORD (eds.). Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en Littérature Canadienne. Volume 29, Number 1. Special Section / Dossier spécial : Women in Motion / Femmes en Mouvement. (Fredericton, N.B.) : University of New Brunswick, 2004. Pp [1]-162,(2). Illustrated. 8vo, black card covers, red and white lettering to front cover and spine. Contents : Introduction: Women in Motion Femmes en mouvement (by Karin Schwerdtner, Karen Bamford); Visualizing Labrador: Maps, Photographs, and Geographical Naming in Mina Hubbard’s A Woman’s Way through Unknown Labrador (b...
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Marram Grass : Poetry & Otherness. First Edition

By: SIMPSON, Anne.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Gaspereau Press , Kentville, N.S., 2009, ISBN:9781554470716: 2009

Seller ID: 84123

ISBN: 1554470714

SIMPSON, Anne. The Marram Grass : Poetry & Otherness. (Kentville, N.S., Canada) : Gaspereau Press Limited, (2009). First Printing. Pp [1]-149,(11). With a frontispiece and other illustrations by Anne Simpson. 8vo, patterned black card covers, illustrated card cover dustjacket, lettered in silver, with vertical wrap-around band to back cover.

"In these six essays, poet and novelist Anne Simpson [b. 1950] traces the paths of her thoughts, from observation to association, through poetry, language and wilderness. Like Thoreau in his essay Walking, Simpson saunters the beaches a...
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Keyword:LITERATURE CANADIAN LITERARY CANADA WOMEN POETRY CRITICISM