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The Wrong World. Selected Stories and Essays of Bertram Brooker.
Bertram, Brooker. Ed(S): Betts, Gregory
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Description for The Wrong World. Selected Stories and Essays of Bertram Brooker.
Paperback. Bertram Brooker won the country's first Governor General's Award for literature in 1936 for his novel "Think of the Earth", and his explosive, experimental paintings hang in every major gallery in the country. This title includes stories that document Canada's evolution from a provincial colony into a modern, urban country. Editor(s): Betts, Gregory. Series: Canadian Literature Collection. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
Bertram Brooker won the country's first Governor General's Award for literature in 1936 for his novel "Think of the Earth", and his explosive, experimental paintings hang in every major gallery in the country. He was Canada's first multidisciplinary avantgardist, successfully experimenting in literature, visual arts, film, and theatre. Brooker brought all of his experimental ambitions to his short fiction and prose. "The Wrong World" presents a rich sampling of his prose work, much of it previously unpublished, which adds new insight into his aesthetic ambitions. Working during an incredible period of transition in Canadian society, Brooker's stories document Canada's evolution ... Read more
Bertram Brooker won the country's first Governor General's Award for literature in 1936 for his novel "Think of the Earth", and his explosive, experimental paintings hang in every major gallery in the country. He was Canada's first multidisciplinary avantgardist, successfully experimenting in literature, visual arts, film, and theatre. Brooker brought all of his experimental ambitions to his short fiction and prose. "The Wrong World" presents a rich sampling of his prose work, much of it previously unpublished, which adds new insight into his aesthetic ambitions. Working during an incredible period of transition in Canadian society, Brooker's stories document Canada's evolution ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press Canada
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Series
Canadian Literature Collection
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Ottawa, Canada
ISBN
9780776606965
SKU
V9780776606965
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About Bertram, Brooker. Ed(S): Betts, Gregory
Bertram Brooker was born in Croydon, in 1888. He moved to Manitoba with his family in 1905, where he spent his youth and early adulthood. In 1921 he moved to Toronto, where he became involved in magazine publishing and advertising. He is generally regarded as the first Canadian abstract expressionist. He died in 1955. Gregory Betts is assistant professor at ... Read more
Reviews for The Wrong World. Selected Stories and Essays of Bertram Brooker.
"Betts has done a great service to the study of modernism in Canada by recovering and arranging these texts. This collection has great pedagogical potential and can contribute much to a rethinking of how modernism is taught in Canada."
Canadian Literature
Canadian Literature