Table of Contents
The social and historical context: Brown, E. K. Canadian poetry. Morton, W. L. The relevance of Canadian history. Innis, H. A. The strategy of culture. Kilbourn, W. The writing of Canadian history. Underhill, F. H. French-English relations in Canada. Grant, G. The disappearance of Canada.--The theoretical context: Frye, N. The road of excess. McLuhan, M. The medium is the message. Sparshott, F. Art and criticism.--Patterns of criticism: Frye, N. Preface to an uncollected anthology. Wilson, M. Recent Canadian verse. West, P. Ethos and epic: aspects of contemporary Canadian poetry. McDougall, R. L. The dodo and the cruising auk: class in Canadian literature. Tallman, W. Wolf in the snow. Kreisel, H. The prairie: a state of mind. Livesay, D. The documentary poem: a Canadian genre.--Bibliography (p. 283-293)