Imagining Canadian Literature: The Selected Letters of Jack McClelland. (Signed).

Solecki, Sam.

ISBN 10: 1550139533 / ISBN 13: 9781550139532

Published by Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1995

About this Item

First Canadian Edition. Signed by Jack McClelland. A nice copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Imagining Canadian Literature: The Selected Letters of Jack McClelland. (Signed).
• Publisher: Toronto: Key Porter Books
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1550139533
• ISBN 13: 9781550139532
• Binding: Soft cover
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Criticism & Biography

About this title

Synopsis

This edited collection of Jack McClelland's correspondence features many of his letters during the most significant period of the Canadian publishing industry, just as Canadian writers were gaining international recognition in the fifties, sixties and seventies. The letters are entertaining to read, and provide a record of the formative years of Canadian literature. This collection is arranged chronologically by decade, with each section set in context by Sam Solecki. Imagining Canadian Literature traces the paths of the careers of many Canadian literary figures, including: Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Earle Birney, Leonard Cohen, Margaret Laurence, Irving Layton, Farley Mowat, Peter C. Newman, Al Purdy.

About the Author

Sam Solecki is Professor of English at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. He was poetry editor at McClelland & Stewart, as well as book review and literary editor at Canadian Forum Magazine. He is the author/editor of many books, including: Prague Blues: The Fiction of Joseph Skvorecky, Spider Blues: Essays on Michael Ondaatje, and soon to be published Al Purdy: The Last Canadian Poet. He lives in Toronto.