Compiled and edited by Sandra Singer, J. J. Steinfeld: Essays on His Works is a critical look at PEI writer J. J. Steinfeld's extensive and prolific writings in poetry, fiction and theatre, ranging from early work on post-Holocaust...
Literary arts
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Author:Singer, SandraSummary: - Author:Whyte, JackSummary:
Best known for his original series of Arthurian novels, A Dream of Eagles (called The Camulod Chronicles in the US), and his Knights Templar trilogy, Jack Whyte has authored 10 international bestsellers in the past 15 years. Jack's...
- Author:Strathern, PaulSummary:
A concise, expert account of Joyce's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world.
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
"I felt I was interviewing James Patterson under the highest permissible does of sodium pentothal, the truth serum, for hours--and he spilled the whole story of his truly astonishing life."--Bob Woodward. How did a kid whose...
- Author:Desjardins, PatrickSummary:
L'existence de Philip K. Dick, illustre auteur de science-fiction, fut soumise à la force débordante de son imagination. Tour à tour époux modèle, grand psychotique, fervent catholique ou encore junkie, un doute incessant l'...
- Author:Raby-Dunne, SusanSummary:
Most Canadians are familiar with John McCrae through his iconic poem “In Flanders Fields,” which was penned on the battlefields of the First World War and remains a symbol of remembrance to this day. Although he will always be...
- Author:Nolette, NicoleSummary:
Contrairement au théâtre québécois, où le bilinguisme est mis en scène de manière intermittente, celui qui provient de ses marges fait du bilinguisme une pratique courante. Les écrivains franco-canadiens - ceux de l'Ouest canadien...
- Author:Malzieu, MathiasSummary:
"Ce livre est le vaisseau spécial que j'ai dû me confectionner pour survivre à ma propre guerre des étoiles. Panne sèche de moelle osseuse. Bug biologique, risque de crash imminent. Quand la réalité dépasse la (science...
- Author:Kierans, Kim S.Summary:
For fifty years the Michener Awards have honoured outstanding and unbiased Canadian journalism that results in positive change for the public good. Journalism makes a difference. In-depth investigation and reporting can break...
- Author:Storr, JulietteSummary:
Journalism in a Small Place explores the changes and challenges in journalism and communication in the Caribbean in the twenty-first century. Tracing the history of media in the English speaking Caribbean, this book provides insight...
- Author:Strathern, PaulSummary:
Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Kafka's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world.
- Author:Miller, LucastaSummary:
A dazzling new look into the short but intense, tragic life and remarkable work of John Keats, one of the greatest lyric poets of the English language, seen in a whole new light, not as the mythologized Victorian guileless nature-lover...
- Author:Stabler, DavidSummary:
Every great author started out as a kid. Before the bestsellers, fan clubs, and beloved stories we know today, the world's most celebrated writers had regular-kid problems just like you. Sam Clemens (aka Mark Twain) loved to skip school...
- Author:Marsh, James H.Summary:
In / Know It All: Finding the Impossible Country / James Marsh tells of his evolution from a troubled childhood to a long career in Canadian publishing that culminated in the creation of The Canadian Encyclopedia - what one reviewer...
- Author:Cole, TejuSummary:
The 40-plus essays will span art, literature, and politics, with topics from Virginia Woolf and James Baldwin to President Obama and Boko Haram. The collection will include pre-published essays that gone viral, like "The White...
- Author:Roy, SimonSummary:
"Simon Roy first saw The Shining when he was ten years old. Roy encountered the movie by chance while idly flipping through the channels on the television, but one scene in particular in which the hotel's chef speaks...
- Author:Taylor, Charles, Calvé, NicolasSummary:
Avec cette somme sur la nature du langage, Charles Taylor offre à ses lecteurs le livre qui était présent en arrière-plan de ses travaux précédents, notamment «Les Sources du moi» et «L’Âge séculier». En s’appuyant sur quatre décennies...
- Author:Rochmann, Marie-ChristineSummary:
On appelait " nègre marron " l'esclave qui, aux Antilles, s'échappait de la plantation. La figure de cet esclave fugitif ne cesse d'attirer les écrivains. Des premiers auteurs blancs du XIXe siècle aux romans afro-antillais...
- Author:Mercier, Andrée, Dion, RobertSummary:
Être contemporain c'est, au premier chef, être de son temps (ou en avance sur lui) et produire une œuvre qui puisse être reçue parmi celles qui constituent le cœur vivant de la période la plus actuelle. Cet ouvrage se penche sur la...
- Author:Husti-Laboye, CarmenSummary:
Nourrie par les problématiques du monde contemporain, engagée dans des relations polémiques avec le pouvoir symbolique, reflétant l'idéologie postmoderne et postcoloniale, mais aussi féministe, la littérature de la diaspora...
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