ATWOOD, MARGARET

Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (the Empson Lectures)

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0521662605. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages; "What is the role of the Writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain--or excuse!--their activities, looking at what costumes they have assumed, what roles they have chosen to play. In her final chapter she takes up the challenge of the title: if a writer is to be seen as "gifted", who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift? Atwood's wide reference to other writers, living and dead, is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences, both in Canada and elsewhere. ". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21321

Catalogue: Literature::Canada

Keywords: 0521662605 Canada LITERATURE LITERATURE

MACDONALD, MARK

True North Canadian Essays for Composition

Don Mills, ON: Addison-Wesley, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0201613735. Card covers show light shelf wear with light creasing. ; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 437 pages; A collection of essays by Canada's finest writers. Very Good .

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Book number: 21342

Catalogue: Literature::Canada::Essays

Keywords: 0201613735 Jane Urquhart Thomas King margaret atwood mordecai Richler Maria Campbell History::Canada LITERATURE

MCCOURT, EDWARD A.

The Canadian West in Fiction.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Some short tears, chipping, creasing. Date stamp on front flap and FFEP. Previous owner's name markered out, notation about date of acquisition ; Tight solid book, hinges intact, dustjacket protected in clear cover ; 8.0 X 6.4 X 0.6 inches; 131 pages; "It is the purpose of the this book to examine some of the prose fiction written about the Canadian West, by native Westerners and others, and to attempt an estimate of the successwith which it recreates the Prairie way of life." Some authors examined are Ralph Connor, Frederick Philip Grove, Nellie McClung, Sinclair Ross, W.O. Mitchell etc.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20602

Catalogue: Literature::Canada

Keywords: Canada Prairie Literary LITERATURE

RICHLER, MORDECAI

Mordecai Richler Was Here: Selected Writings

Toronto: Madison Press Books, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 189733009X. Book as new, DJ shows light wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped, B&W photos. Silk bookmark bound in. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 432 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21229

Catalogue: Literature::Canada

Keywords: 189733009X mordecai Richler CANADIANA duddy kravitz POETRY LITERATURE