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Keepers of the Code: English-Canadian Literary Anthologies and the Representation of the Nation
Robert Lecker
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Description for Keepers of the Code: English-Canadian Literary Anthologies and the Representation of the Nation
paperback. Robert Lecker explores the ways in which these anthologies contributed to the formation of a Canadian literary canon, the extent to which this canon was tied to an ideal of English-Canadian nationalism, and the material conditions accounting for the anthologies' production. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Keepers of the Code explores the complex network of associations and negotiations that influenced the development of literary anthologies in English Canada from 1837 to the present. Lecker shows that these anthologies are deeply conflicted narratives that embody the tensions and anxieties felt by their editors when faced with the challenge of constructing or rejecting national ideals. He argues that these are intensely self-conscious works with their own literary mechanisms and architecture. In reading the history of these anthologies, he witnesses a complex narrative of nation, a compelling story about the values and interests informing English-Canadian literary history.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442613966
SKU
V9781442613966
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99-1
About Robert Lecker
Robert Lecker is Greenshields Professor of English at McGill University and a literary agent in Montreal. He founded and was co-publisher of ECW Press from 1977 to 2003.
Reviews for Keepers of the Code: English-Canadian Literary Anthologies and the Representation of the Nation
‘Keepers of the Code shines as a work of critically informed literary history, deftly historicizing a surprisingly broad tradition of anthologies, mapping their shifting priorities, and demystifying the forces behind their compilation…It will rightly become a key study for discussion of literary anthologies in Canada.’
Robert Zacharias
Canadian Literature Spring 2014
‘Lecker shows admirable objectivity as he guides the reader through the history of the Can Lit anthology… The result is a perfect combination of cannon-questioning and imagining Canada through literature… Fascinating study… Lecker’s book is admirable in all regards.’
Jason Blake
Southern Journal of Canadian Studies, vol 6:01:2015
‘Keepers of the Code is admirable in its ability to place work in a material context… Particularly impressive are Lecker’s personal interventions in the narrative… Lecker also excels at recognizing continuities.’
Tim McIntyre
University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015
‘This lively study illuminates the history and constitution of Canadian literature.… A reward of reading Lecker is the salutary realization that Canadian writing is vaster and stranger than is often acknowledged.
Nicholas Bradley
The Bull Calf: Reviews in Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Criticism December 2015
Robert Zacharias
Canadian Literature Spring 2014
‘Lecker shows admirable objectivity as he guides the reader through the history of the Can Lit anthology… The result is a perfect combination of cannon-questioning and imagining Canada through literature… Fascinating study… Lecker’s book is admirable in all regards.’
Jason Blake
Southern Journal of Canadian Studies, vol 6:01:2015
‘Keepers of the Code is admirable in its ability to place work in a material context… Particularly impressive are Lecker’s personal interventions in the narrative… Lecker also excels at recognizing continuities.’
Tim McIntyre
University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015
‘This lively study illuminates the history and constitution of Canadian literature.… A reward of reading Lecker is the salutary realization that Canadian writing is vaster and stranger than is often acknowledged.
Nicholas Bradley
The Bull Calf: Reviews in Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Criticism December 2015