The Literary History of Alberta Volume Two: From the End of the War to the End of the Century

by George Melnyk

Book Overview

In this, the companion to the landmark volume The Literary History of Alberta, Volume One: From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two, George Melnyk examines Alberta literature in the second half of the twentieth century. At last, Melnyk argues, Alberta writers have found their voice--and their accomplishments have been remarkable. The contradictory landscape, the stereotypes of the Indian, the Mountie, and the Cowboy, and the language of the Other, speaking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888643241
• ISBN13: 9780888643247
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 318 Pages