Keepers of the code : English-Canadian literary anthologies and the representation of nation /

Keepers of the code : English-Canadian literary anthologies and the representation of nation /

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Author / Creator:	Lecker, Robert, 1951- author.
Imprint:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013] ©2013
Description:	388 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Anthologies -- History and criticism. Anthologies -- Editing. Canon (Literature) National characteristics, Canadian, in literature. Anthologies. Canon (Literature) Literature. National characteristics, Canadian, in literature. Canada -- In literature. Canada. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9044507

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ISBN:	9781442645714 1442645717 9781442613966 1442613963
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-366) and index.
Summary:	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.

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Call Number:	PR9184.3 .L43 2013
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