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The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature

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Edited by Eugene Benson and William Toye

Over 1,100 entries

The second edition of the acclaimed Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature has been thoroughly updated with more than 340 new entries on new writers, new books, and extended entries on established authors. In keeping with the original, entries cover fiction, prose, poetry, drama, prominent writers, literary magazines, publishers, and more general topics. From The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz to the Rebel Angles, Sandra Birdsell to Eric Wright, Caribbean-Canadian literature to War literature, this completely revised edition is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Canadian literature.

Eugene Benson is University Professor Emeritus, University of Guelph, novelist, and librettist; William Toye was Editorial Director of Oxford University Press Canada, and general editor of the first edition on The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature.

ISBN: 0195411676
Publishing history: Second edition 1997






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