लेखक: Douglas Lochhead

Originally published in 1887, this historical romance novel, set in York, is a romance of the early days of Upper Canada. …

This light romance portrays in considerable detail the social life of Ottawa in the post-Confederation years. The gossip of the capital and the prevailing social customs strengthen the story of Honor …

These three works, displaying marked differences in purpose, tone, and effect, are all classics of Canadian literary and cultural criticism. John George Bourinot was a man of letters, an Imperialist, …

”This book has a twofold meaning, ” writes the author,  ”— that of  a political novel, and that of the portrayal of a great love and a  religious drama.” One of the most interestin …

Of this novel of Canadian business life and village and city social conditions in the early twentieth century, the author explains that his object is ”to enlighten the public concerning life behind …

This satirical and witty first novel is a high-spirited account of the 1866 Fenian ‘invasion’ of Canada near Ridgeway. Adding spice to the novel are the romances of the two leading men, a Toronto pro …

Robert Barr has been almost completely overlooked by critics and anthologists of Canadian literature, in part because, although he was educated in Canada, he spent most of his life in the United Stat …

Dealing in part with the people involved in the Red River Rebellion of 1869-70, the novel is based on Begg’s own experiences in the Red River Settlement and describes the realities of pioneer life. ‘ …

This is a Canadian temperance novel which traces a man’s downfall, degradation, and eventual victory over alcohol. A reproduction of the painting ‘Guilty’ by Stuart Taggart is used as a frontispiece. …

This light romance portrays in considerable detail the social life of Ottawa in the post-Confederation years. The gossip of the capital and the prevailing social customs strengthen the story of Honor …

These three works, displaying marked differences in purpose, tone, and effect, are all classics of Canadian literary and cultural criticism.John George Bourinot was a man of letters, an Imperialist, …

This volume established Isabella Valancy Crawford as one of Canada's principal poets. Coupled with an introductory collage of viewpoints and reactions to her work by James Reaney its provides a v …

Selections from Canadian Poets set an important precedent when it was published in 1864. It was the first anthology of native Canadian poetry and was compiled, as Edward Hartlet Dewart explained, in …

After experiencing life in London, the narrator and her brother discover that they are Canadians, not colonials. Their encounters with Englishmen and Americans demonstrate that there are three distin …

‘This book has a twofold meaning, ‘ writes the author, ‘- that of a political novel, and that of the portrayal of a great love and a religious drama.’ One of the most interesting Canadian novels of t …

Of this novel of Canadian business life and village and city social conditions in the early twentieth century, the author explains that his object is ‘to enlighten the public concerning life behind t …

Aside from Sam Slick, the book which gained Haliburton the greatest notoriety was The Letter Bag of The Great Western; or, Life in a Steamer, published in 1840. Much of this book was composed for the …

The original At the Mermaid Inn, one of the most notable literary endeavours in Canada, was the result of the combined efforts of three poets: Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918), Archibald Lampman (1861-99 …

The White Savannahs, originally published in 1936, is the first study of Canadian poetry from a modern point of view. It contains essays on Archibald Lampman, Marjorie Pickthall, E.J. Pratt, Leo Kenn …

This volume established Isabella Valancy Crawford as one of Canada’s principal poets. Coupled with an introductory collage of viewpoints and reactions to her work by James Reaney its provides a vivid …

Although not one of De Mille”s best works it does show his unerring assessment of the tastes of the American and Canadian reading public in the 1870s. With echoes of Wilkie Collins, Jules Verne, and …

Alexander Macrorie, the narrator, blithely announces the subject of the novel in the first brief paragraph: ”This is a story of Quebec. Quebec is a wonderful city.” In fact, it is the story of the …

Selections from Canadian Poets set an important precedent when it was published in 1864. It was the first anthology of native Canadian poetry and was compiled, as Edward Hartlet Dewart explained, in …

After experiencing life in London, the narrator and her brother discover that they are Canadians, not colonials. Their encounters with Englishmen and Americans demonstrate that there are three distin …

A.J.M. Smith has described George Frederick Cameron as one of ‘Canada’s greatest poets, ‘ who, with Isabella Valancy Crawford and Archibald Lampman, ‘were cut off just when their work had reached mat …

The original At the Mermaid Inn, one of the most notable literary endeavours in Canada, was the result of the combined efforts of three poets: Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918), Archibald Lampman (1861-99 …

The White Savannahs, originally published in 1936, is the first study of Canadian poetry from a modern point of view. It contains essays on Archibald Lampman, Marjorie Pickthall, E.J. Pratt, Leo Kenn …

This satirical and witty first novel is a high-spirited account of the 1866 Fenian ”invasion” of Canada near Ridgeway. Adding spice to the novel are the romances of the two leading men, a Toronto p …

Robert Barr has been almost completely overlooked by critics and anthologists of Canadian literature, in part because, although he was educated in Canada, he spent most of his life in the United Stat …

Dealing in part with the people involved in the Red River Rebellion of 1869-70, the novel is based on Begg”s own experiences in the Red River Settlement and describes the realities of pioneer life. …

This is a Canadian temperance novel which traces a man”s downfall, degradation, and eventual victory of alcohol. A reproduction of the painting ”Guilty” by Stuart Taggart is used as a frontispiece …

Alexander Mc Lachlan in an eminent though neglected figure in early Canadian literature, and this reprint brings to the attention of Canadians today his representative work. Edward Hartley Dewart, ed …

Charles G.D. Roberts (1860-1943) was one of Canada’s most productive writers. In a literary career that extend over six and a half decades he published some three hundred and fifty poems, over two hu …

A book of pioneer life in Upper Canada, arranged in the form of a story. The author spent five-sevenths of his life among the pioneer settlers of Western Canada. The incidents in the story are taken …

A Canadian love story about Robbie Smith, a 19-year-old mail carrier travelling the old gravel roadway (now Highway 124) between Cromaboo (Erin) and Gibbeline (Guelph). One day on his travels he sees …

Raymond Knister had a strong sense of commitment both to his own career and to literature, particularly Canadian literature. In his ten working years he proved himself a prolific writer with wide-ran …

This new volume of the Literary History of Canada covers the continuing development of English-Canadian writing from 1972 to 1984. As with the three earlier volumes, this book is an invaluable guide …

Aside from Sam Slick, the book which gained Haliburton the greatest notoriety was The Letter Bag of The Great Western; or, Life in a Steamer, published in 1840. Much of this book was composed for the …

The Season-Ticket, published in 1860, is made up of a series of articles previously contributed during 1859 and 1860 to the Dublin University Magazine. Its quality of interest lies in its major purpo …

The Advocate, an historical melodramatic romance in prose, which makes use of English and French antagonisms in Lower Canada. …

A five-act tragedy in blank verse. The play is founded upon the old problem of an unnatural and ill-omened union between youth and age. …

Charles Heavysege’s chief and best-known work, the long-verse drama and tragedy Saul, was published in Montreal in 1857. Coventry Patmore, reviewing Saul in the North British Review, ranked it as the …

Saul and Selected Poems is an original and useful introduction to the work and poetic personality of Charles Heavysege (1816-76), an important but currently neglected nineteenth-century Canadian writ …

A book of pioneer life in Upper Canada, arranged in the form of a story. The author spent five-sevenths of his life among the pioneer settlers of Western Canada. The incidents in the story are taken …

A Canadian love story about Robbie Smith, a 19-year-old mail carrier travelling the old gravel roadway (now Highway 124) between Cromaboo (Erin) and Gibbeline (Guelph). One day on his travels he sees …

Raymond Knister had a strong sense of commitment both to his own career and to literature, particularly Canadian literature. In his ten working years he proved himself a prolific writer with wide-ran …

This new volume of the Literary History of Canada covers the continuing development of English-Canadian writing from 1972 to 1984. As with the three earlier volumes, this book is an invaluable guide …

The Advocate, an historical melodramatic romance in prose, which makes use of English and French antagonisms in Lower Canada. …

A five-act tragedy in blank verse. The play is founded upon the old problem of an unnatural and ill-omened union between youth and age. …

Charles Heavysege’s chief and best-known work, the long-verse drama and tragedy Saul, was published in Montreal in 1857. Coventry Patmore, reviewing Saul in the North British Review, ranked it as the …

Saul and Selected Poems is an original and useful introduction to the work and poetic personality of Charles Heavysege (1816-76), an important but currently neglected nineteenth-century Canadian writ …

The Season-Ticket, published in 1860, is made up of a series of articles previously contributed during 1859 and 1860 to the Dublin University Magazine. Its quality of interest lies in its major purpo …

When New Provinces first appeared in 1936, it represented four years of planning, argument, and compromise, and an additional two and a half years of correspondence and editorial preparation. This pr …

Originally published in 1887, this historical romance novel, set in York, is a romance of the early days of Upper Canada. …

When New Provinces first appeared in 1936, it represented four years of planning, argument, and compromise, and an additional two and a half years of correspondence and editorial preparation. This pr …

A.J.M. Smith has described George Frederick Cameron as one of ”Canada”s greatest poets, ” who, with Isabella Valancy Crawford and Archibald Lampman, ”were cut off just when their work had reached …

Love on the Marsh, a long poem in 100 stanzas, is described by Lochhead as ‘an extension of High Marsh Road’ and ‘brother and sister to it’. The diary-like entries, a form to which Lochhead has frequ …