Saskatchewan’s literary history is both colourful and complex. It is also mature enough to deserve a critical investigation of its roots and origins, its salient features and its prominent players. This collection of scholarly essays, conceptualized and compiled by well-known Saskatchewan novelist, essayist and scholar David Carpenter, examines the Saskatchewan literary scene, from its early Aboriginal storytellers on through to the decades to the burgeoning 1970s.
The dozen essays, preceded by a David Carpenter introduction, include such topics as “Our New Storytellers: Cree Literature in Saskatchewan”; “The Literary Construction of Saskatchewan before 1905: Narratives of Trade, Rebellion and Settlement” and “The New Generation: The Seventies Remembered.” Also included are special topics, among them – “Playwriting in Saskatchewan”; “Feral Muse, Angelic Muse – The Poetry of Anne Szumigalski”, and tribute pieces to John V. Hicks, R.D. Symons, Terrence Heath and Alex Karras. Contributing scholars include the likes of: Kristina Fagan, Jenny Kerber, Susan Gingell, Ken Mitchell and Martin Winquist.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C810.9/97124
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-sn
- ISBN
- 9781550505375 9781550505153
- LCCN
- PR9198.2.S2
- LCCN Item number
- L58 2013eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaOONL
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- 1 electronic text (x, 271 p.)
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- CaOOCEL
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00231828 (OCoLC)830009265 (CaOOCEL)445038
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Half-title page 2
- Title page 4
- Book and copyright information 5
- Table of Contents 6
- Dedication 7
- Foreword 8
- “Our new Storytellers”: Cree Literature in Saskatchewan 18
- The Literary Construction of Saskatchewan before 1905: Narratives of Trade, Rebellion and Settlement 46
- Settlement and Dispossession in Early Twentieth-Century Saskatchewan Literature 74
- Saskatchewan visions and Visions of Saskatchewan: Literary Development in the 1940s 102
- Saskatchewan Literature of the 1950s 118
- Literary Tributes 140
- Snapshots of Saskatchewan Literature: The Fort San Incubator/School of the Arts 148
- Literary Nonfiction in Saskatchewan 154
- Playwriting in Saskatchewan: An Overview 186
- the New Generation: The ‘70s Remembered 196
- Feral Muse, Angelic Muse: The Poetry of Anne Szumigalski 210
- A Prairie Pride: The Voices, Stories and Legacies of the Moose Jaw Movement 220
- Eminent Migrants and the Community 260
- Notes on Contributors 275
- Acknowledgements 278
- Index 279
- About the Editor 289
