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  Literature of Canada - Canadian literature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On the whole the literature of the period was derivative, imitative, and inconsequential.
The romantic movement in literature, modified by new classical influences, reflecting free and intensive inquiry in religion and science, and aided by the general diffusion of education, offered a democratic appeal in anticipation of the gradual rise of democracy.
Upon her return to Canada, The bridge (1921), a novel, was published, and The woodcarver's wife, a collection of poems, chiefest of which was the one-act play, the title piece, of unsurpassed excellence.
www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/Canlite.htm   (9747 words)

  
 Invasives Plant Pests Literature Collection: Canada thistle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Canada thistle control 8 mo after postharvest herbicide treatment (MAFT) using the rosette technique was similar to control when using conventional in-crop plus postharvest herbicide treatments in corn and soybean.
This study is a trial of a new approach to screening insects as weed biocontrol agents that uses risk analysis to quantify the suitability of a plant as a host on the basis of inset performance at various stages in its life cycle.
Abstract: Response of Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop., to density of Cassida rubiginosa Muller (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a defoliator, and plant competition from a combination of tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb., a grass, and crownvetch, Coronilla varia L., a legume, was determined in a 2-year field study.
sain.nbii.gov /invasives/common12.shtml   (8868 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada: Books: W.H. New   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Canada's rich, diverse literary heritage has long attracted widespread recognition, and in recent years Canadian writers have won nearly every major international literary award.
Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada will be an essential resource for scholars, writers, and readers for years to come.
He was the editor of Canadian Literature from 1977 to 1994, and has written and edited over thirty books.
www.amazon.ca /Encyclopedia-Literature-Canada-W-H-New/dp/0802007619   (481 words)

  
 Canadian literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canada’s literature, whether written in English or French, chiefly reflects the Canadian perspective of: (1) nature, (2) frontier life, and (3) Canada’s position in the world.
Canada's ethnic and cultural diversity are reflected in its literature, with many of its most prominent writers focusing on ethnic life.
It was the rise of Quebec patriotism and the 1837 Lower Canada Rebellion, in addition to a modern system of primary school education, which led to the rise of French-Canadian fiction.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Literature_of_Canada   (2188 words)

  
 Literature Circles
Overview of literature circles with outlines for implementation by division.
Literature Circles: explanation of a structured approach, modified literature circles, literature circles with roles, flexible literature circles.
Explanation of Literature Circles and the common roles.
www.edselect.com /literature_circles.htm   (151 words)

  
 Identity and Community - Reflections on English, Yiddish, and French Literature in Canada - Irving Massey
This issues of Canada and Canadian identity lie at the heart of his book, as he struggles with questions of the personal, the communal, and the political in his own background and in the discussion of three authors representative of different Canadian cultures with which Massey identifies.
In an unusual coupling of topics, Sir Charles G.D. Roberts is taken as an instance of Anglophone individualism; Ida Maza, of centripetal Jewish solidarity; and Michel Tremblay, of a beleaguered but expansive Francophone communitarianism.
Identity and Community is not intended to be a survey of Canadian literature and the whole spectrum of its attitudes toward community and identity.
wsupress.wayne.edu /literature/littheory/masseyic.htm   (209 words)

  
 CBC.ca - Canada Reads - For The Visually Impaired
Today, less than 5% of published literature in Canada is available in formats that can be read by people who are blind or visually impaired, such as braille or audio.
Three million people in Canada are print disabled (have a learning, visual, or physical disability that would prevent them from reading a book).
Canada is the only G8 country that does not fund a comprehensive library service for people who are blind or visually impaired.
www.cbc.ca /canadareads/cnib.html   (585 words)

  
 Access Canada: Literature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Contains biographical and publication information for more than 470 women who lived in Canada or wrote about Canada, and authored an English-language book or pamphlet of fiction or poetry that was published before 1940.
The service is available to students, teachers and researchers worldwide; Canadian authors and publishers; and readers of Canadian literature.
The resources section is a useful list for Canadian literature, with an emphasis on Anglophone literature.
www.canadian-studies.net /accesscanada/portal/literature.html   (618 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Periodical Literature, Canada
Under the French domination, periodical literature, still in its infancy in France even as late as the close of the eighteenth century, was totally unknown in Canada.
Although essentially political and patriotic, nevertheless by its vindication of religious as well as civil liberty, and owing to the unexceptionable Catholicism of the French Canadian population whose interests it represented, "Le Canadien" may safely be styled a Catholic organ.
For divers reasons, the Catholic Press in Lower Canada, in fact throughout the whole Dominion, with the exception of a few short-lived ventures cannot boast of a daily newspaper published in the English language.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11672a.htm   (1242 words)

  
 Canada Post - Literature for the Blind
Materials for the use of the blind that do not meet the conditions and restrictions specified in the Canada Post Corporation Act and the Regulations, will not qualify as materials for the use of the blind and therefore, cannot be sent free of postage.
Literature for the Blind items must bear a label or the words “Literature for the Blind” or “Documentation à l’usage des aveugles” in the upper right-hand corner on the address side of the item (by means of marking, printing or labelling).
International Literature for the Blind items must bear a label or the words « Cécogrammes » or « Cécogrammes (Literature for the Blind) » in the upper right-hand corner on the address side of the item (by means of marking, printing or labelling).
www.canadapost.ca /tools/pg/manual/e09-e.asp   (583 words)

  
 History of modern literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The romantic movement was well under way and along with it developed the splintering of fiction writing into genres and the rise of speculative fiction.
When the Nineteenth century ended the genres of horror, ghost stories, westerns, children's literature, crime fiction, science fiction, historical novels and fantasy had all been established.
Bertholt Brecht created modernist theatrical productions according to his theory of the alienation effect which was supposed to make the audience think and feel in new and critical ways by removing comfortable assumptions and not permitting the narrative to appear too much like reality.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_modern_literature   (3393 words)

  
 Canada: Language and Literature (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A comprehensive index to resources about English and French Canadian literature provided by the Canadian Information by Subject from Library and Archives Canada.
Links to sites covering literature, poetry, drama, fiction, children's material, some individual authors, and organizations and associations.
Includes collections of digitized literature, as well as biographies and critiques of authors.
www.loc.gov /rr/international/main/canada/langlit.html   (343 words)

  
 Jorge Etcheverry - A Brief Overview of Chilean Literature in Ottawa
Chilean literature ‘made in Canada’ has also been featured in several magazines, and writers have had opportunities to read their work at public events in the Ottawa area.
Given that a sense of belonging is at last being restored for members of the Chilean diaspora, and given the existence of a niche market and recognition in the academic field of this literature of exile, the parallel existence of Chilean literature and Canadian literature in the National Capital area is likely to continue.
These coexisting literatures, born from different traditions and sometimes forming part of other national literatures, still include elements that make them unique in their countries of origin and their adopted societies, even as they combines elements of both.
etcheverry.info /hoja/catastro/notas/article_284.shtml   (1394 words)

  
 CBC.ca - Canada Reads - Supporting Literacy
They generously have agreed to donate copies of our five titles, which will be sent by Canada Reads to select libraries across the country.
When our panelists cast their votes in February, additional copies of the final book for Canada Reads 2005 also will be sent to libraries.
CNIB Library is there to help, to ensure that all of Canada is able to read.
www.cbc.ca /canadareads/cr_2005/literacy.html   (799 words)

  
 The Centre for the Study of Modern Literature in Canada
The primary objective of the Centre for the Study of Modern Literature in Canada is to understand how and why modernist poetry began in Canada and to understand the ways in which women contributed to and supported little magazine/little press undertakings to promote the work of avant-garde writers.
A secondary objective is to develop a greater understanding of the demographic, geographic and social forces that fostered an atmosphere in Montreal that was conducive to this literary and artistic creativity.
The impact of multi-cultural elements on the development of Canadian literature is also being examined including, for example, the significant contribution of Jewish writers as well as writers of other communities.
www.carleton.ca /cdnstudies/research/csmlc.html   (400 words)

  
 cancon: articles: the censorship of canadian children's literature
In today's free Canada, challenges of literature are taken seriously almost everyday.
In almost all censorship cases involving children's literature, concern is most commonly focused on descriptions of sexual activity and graphic scenes of violence, as well as on religious or social practices that threaten the censor's moral sensibilities.
Since Canada's multiculturality is sensitive, a growing number of groups have been considered "offendable." In 1991, a number of Toronto school libraries removed Ian Wallace's Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance for fear of offending the Chinese.
www.canadiancontent.ca /issues/0699censor.html   (2019 words)

  
 bibliography of german-canadian literature
Eveidently, the designation of German-Canadian literature has gained acceptance because of the larger number of immigrants from Germany proper than from other locations and cultural landscapes.
The production of and activities in literature by German-speaking Canadians began as early as in the eighteenth century (see Tötösy 2002 ) and this activity has continued over time until today.
This volume is a collection of essays on topics of German presence in regions of Canada, in various areas of public life including theater and literature, and German-Canadian linguistics.
clcwebjournal.lib.purdue.edu /library/germancanadianliterature(bibliography).html   (4714 words)

  
 N. Weinstein: Review of New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada
But apart from the sheer bulk of New's Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, what is most valuable is the rigorous re-conceptualization of what constitutes Canadian literature.
During one semester in one university in one nation it may be part of a Post-Colonial Literature course.
The oral literature of various First Nations is sensitively examined by Robert Bringhurst, a poet outside of that heritage who has translated a large body of that literature with painstaking care.
rmmla.wsu.edu /ereview/57.1/reviews/weinstein.asp   (920 words)

  
 Literature: O Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The lyrics to "O Canada" come alive with stunning photographs of varied landscapes and familiar images from coast to coast.
The simplicity and power of this tribute to "our home and native land" will appeal to proud Canadians of all ages.
Included at the back are the English and French words and music to "O Canada," plus biographical information on the composer and lyricists.
scholastic.ca /education/library/curriculum_k-8/popups/lit-ocanada.html   (64 words)

  
 Canada Post - Literature for the Blind - Supplementary Services
Literature for the Blind is a service available from Canada Post allowing blind persons and recognized institutions for the blind to mail free of postage specific items used by blind persons.
Add on services such as Registered (500 g) which should be endorsed "Braille Free" can be applied to Literature for the Blind at no charge.
Although the objective of the service is the same for Canada, the U.S.A. and international destinations, some minor variations exist in the rules and conditions.
www.canadapost.ca /personal/offerings/supplementary_services_pers/can/literature-e.asp   (124 words)

  
 eBay - literature canada, Children's Books, Fiction Books items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Canada: Literature and History, 200 books on CD
At the Mermaid Inn (Literature of Canada ; 21)
Chilean literature in Canada: A bilingual anthology =..
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=literature+canada&...   (242 words)

  
 Introduction - Children's Literature Service - Library and Archives Canada
Established in 1975, the Children's Literature Service now offers more than 141,724 items of fiction and non-fiction published in French, English and in other languages.
The collection is meant for children and youth 16 years of age and under.
As part of its reference services and its promotion of reading, each year the Children's Literature Service prepares a bilingual annotated bibliography for the Library and Archives Canada's Read Up On It kit.
www.collectionscanada.ca /childrenliterature/index-e.html   (159 words)

  
 Canadian Literature - MSN Encarta
Canadian Literature, literature of the peoples of Canada.
Although Canadian literature enjoys an international presence today, as a whole it developed...
© 2006 Bell Canada, Microsoft Corporation and their contributors.
ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574836/Canadian_Literature.html   (48 words)

  
 Byzantine Literature
The next great moment of Greek literature is Byzantine literature, which displays a great variety of forms and despite its mainly theological character it is the spiritual expression of the Medieval Greek world.
Akritika songs are folk songs referring to the life of Akrites, the military body of the Byzantine state who, according to the chronographers of that time, were the vigilant defenders of the borders.
The History of Byzantine Literature: from Justinian to the end of the Eastern Roman Empir (527-1453)
www.geocities.com /yioulepp/ByzantineLiterature.htm   (400 words)

  
 Literature | The News is NowPublic.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
There were books in the study, books in the drawing-room, books in the cloak room, books in a bedroom, books piled as high as my shoulder in the attic, books of...
She took power at a time when England was a debt-ridden, divided country, and she set out to stabilize and restore England’s status.
"Angolan writer Luandino Vieira affirmed this Sunday that his refusal in receiving the 2006 Camões Literature Prize was due to ethical, patriotic and moral reasons, although happy with the merit of the most important literary prize of the Portuguese speaking community,...
www.nowpublic.com /tag/Literature   (570 words)

  
 Introduction - Canadian Poetry Archive (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Digitized from public domain anthologies found in the National Library of Canada's rich literature collection, the poems represent some of Canada's most notable poetry from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Each biography includes photographs, biographical text, a selective bibliography, a link to the poet's poems in the Archive, and a link to search the poet's name in the National Library of Canada's online catalogue, AMICUS Web.
The Archive was developed in the course of a metadata testbed project (Dublin Core and RDF), conducted in 1999 by the National Library of Canada's Information Analysis and Standards Division in cooperation with the Canadian Literature Research Service.
www.collectionscanada.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /canvers/index-e.html   (185 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada
This up-to-date reference book brings together three hundred leading Canadianists to look at literature in Canada from a variety of perspectives.
In over two thousand entries that attest to Canada's cultural plurality, the Encyclopedia covers literature in English and French, and also in such other languages as Yiddish, Spanish, Haida, and Cree.
It discusses authors and their work, related literary and social issues, professional institutions that play a role in the lives of Canadian writers, and the major historical and cultural events that have shaped Canada.
www.indiaplaza.com /books/pd.aspx?sku=0802007619   (125 words)

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