Keepers of the Code : : English-Canadian Literary Anthologies and the Representation of the Nation / / Robert Lecker.

• VerfasserIn: Lecker, Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Nineteenth-Century Anthologies and the Making of Canadian Literature, 1837-1900 -- Chapter Two. Representations of Nation: Watson and Pierce's Our Canadian Literature, 1900-1922 -- Chapter Three. Anthologies between the Wars, 1922-1943 -- Chapter Four. From The Book of Canadian Poetry to New Wave Canada, 1943-1966 -- Chapter Five. Nation Making, Nation Breaking, 1967-1982 -- Chapter Six. Solidifying the Canadian Canon, 1982-1996 -- Chapter Seven. Keeping the Code, 1996-2010 -- Works Cited -- Credits