Bücher der Reihe Reappraisals: Canadian Writers

Robert Kroetsch:Essayist, Novelist, Poet brings together an international cast ofcritics, scholars, and writers to examine the immense significance thatKroetsch holds in the twenty-first-century.

Highlights the accomplishments of one of Canada's most acclaimed and beloved fiction writers, Margaret Laurence. This title features a collection of essays that explores her body of work as well as her influence on young Canadian writers.

This collection of essays confirms and celebrates the artistry of Canadian children's literature. Contributors include Janet Lunn and Tim Wynne-Jones.

Margaret Atwood enjoys a unique prominence in Canadian letters. With over thirty books to her credit, in genres ranging from children's writing to dystopic novels, she is as creatively diverse as she is internationally acclaimed. This title provides a critical base from which readers can assess Atwood's novels.

Offers a collection of essays on the writing of Robertson Davies that addresses the basic problems in reading his work. This title looks at the topics of doubling, disguise, irony, paradox, and dwelling in 'gaps' or spaces 'in between'.

Collects a dozen re-evaluative essays on Marshall McLuhan and his critical and theoretical legacy; from intellectual adventurer creating a complex architecture of ideas to cultural icon standing in line in Woody Allen's "Annie Hall".

Alice Munro's Miraculous Art is a collection of sixteen original essays on Nobel laureate Alice Munro's writings.