War Is Here: The Vietnam War and Canadian Literature

by Robert Mcgill

Canada did not fight in the Vietnam War, but the conflict seized the Canadian imagination with an energy that has persisted. In War Is Here Robert McGill explains how the war contributed to a golden age for writing in Canada. As authors addressed the conflict, they helped to construct an enduring myth of Canada as liberal, hospitable, and humanitarian. For many writers, the war was one that Canadians could and should fight against, if not in person,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077355159X
• ISBN13: 9780773551596
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"