Avant-Garde Canadian Literature : : The Early Manifestations / / Gregory Betts.

• VerfasserIn: Betts, Gregory,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Chapter One. Theory of the Avant-Gardes in Canada --; Chapter Two. The Cosmic Canadians --; Chapter Three. Canadian Surrealism: The Automatists --; Chapter Four. Canadian Vorticism --; L'Envoi: The Future of the Avant --; Notes --; Works Cited --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442696907
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442696907
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gregory Betts.

In Avant-Garde Canadian Literature, Gregory Betts draws attention to the fact that the avant-garde has had a presence in Canada long before the country's literary histories have recognized, and that the radicalism of avant-garde art has been sabotaged by pedestrian terms of engagement by the Canadian media, the public, and the literary critics. This book presents a rich body of evidence to illustrate the extent to which Canadians have been producing avant-garde art since the start of the twentieth century.Betts explores the radical literary ambitions and achievements of three different nodes of avant-garde literary activity: mystical revolutionaries from the 1910s to the 1930s; Surrealists/Automatists from the 1920s to the 1960s; and Canadian Vorticists from the 1920s to the 1970s. Avant-Garde Canadian Literature offers an entrance into the vocabulary of the ongoing and primarily international debate surrounding the idea of avant-gardism, providing readers with a functional vocabulary for discussing some of the most hermetic and yet energetic literature ever produced in this country.