Routledge Introductions to Canadian Literature
About the Book Series
Series Editors:
Robert Lecker, McGill University
Lorraine York, McMaster University
Routledge Introductions to Canadian Literature is a series that provides critical introductions to important trends, issues, authors, historical, cultural and intellectual contexts in Canadian Literature. The series draws on the work of experts in the field to provide a detailed but accessible commentary on those works or conceptual issues which are taught with undergraduate students in mind but also graduate students and instructors.
The Routledge Introduction to Victorian Canadian Literature
1st Edition
By Thomas Hodd
December 29, 2025
This study is a comprehensive overview of the literature produced in Canada during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). Whereas previous examinations of this fertile literary period have been discussed in the context of larger, more abstract terms like “early Canadian literature” and “19th ...
The Routledge Introduction to English Canadian Literature and Digital Humanities
1st Edition
By Paul Barrett, Sarah Roger
June 29, 2025
The Routledge Introduction to English Canadian Literature and Digital Humanities is a guide to the concepts and theories at the intersection of Canadian literary studies and digital humanities (DH). Equal parts theoretical and practical, it focuses on debates that overlap the two domains. This book...
The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Literature and Illness
1st Edition
By Jessica Duffin Wolfe
June 05, 2025
The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Literature and Illness considers the key literary and historical frameworks for reading stories about sickness. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, this book analyzes narrative depictions of major epidemics, disastrous injuries, mental and maternal health, ...
The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Crime Fiction
1st Edition
By Pamela Bedore
February 27, 2024
Who are the most important Canadian crime and detective writers? How do they help represent Canada as a nation? How do they distinguish Canada’s approach to questions of crime, detection, and social justice from those of other countries? The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Crime Fiction provides...
The Routledge Introduction to Gender and Sexuality in Literature in Canada
1st Edition
By Linda M. Morra
January 31, 2023
The Routledge Introduction to Gender and Sexuality in Literature in Canada charts the evolution of gender and sexuality, as they have been represented and performed in the literatures of Canada for more than three centuries. From early colonial texts by Frances Brooke, to settler texts by Susanna ...
The Routledge Introduction to the Canadian Short Story
1st Edition
By Maria Löschnigg
December 30, 2022
This volume aims to introduce undergraduates, graduates, and general readers to the diversity and richness of Canadian short story writing and to the narrative potential of short fiction in general. Addressing a wide spectrum of forms and themes, the book will familiarise readers with the ...
The Routledge Introduction to Auto/biography in Canada
1st Edition
By Sonja Boon, Laurie McNeill, Julie Rak, Candida Rifkind
December 29, 2022
The Routledge Introduction to Auto/biography in Canada explores the exciting world of nonfiction writing about the self, designed to give teachers and students the tools they need to study both canonical and lesser-known works. The volume introduces important texts and contexts for interpreting ...
The Routledge Introduction to Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Canadian Poetry
1st Edition
By Erin Wunker
November 21, 2022
When asked the question "what is the power of poetry?," writer Ian Williams said "poetry punctures the surface." Williams' statement—that poetry matters and that it does something—is at the heart of this book. Building from this core idea that poetry perforates the everyday to give greater range to...
The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Fantastic Literature
1st Edition
By Allan Weiss
December 30, 2020
This study introduces the history, themes, and critical responses to Canadian fantastic literature. Taking a chronological approach, this volume covers the main periods of Canadian science fiction and fantasy from the early nineteenth century to the first decades of the twenty-first century. The ...