 | From Cohen to Carson: The Poet''s Novel in Canada Subjects: Canadian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Poets Canadian (English) -- 20th century; Novelists Canadian (English) -- 20th century; Literary form; Narration (Rhetoric); From Cohen to Carson provides the first book-length analysis of one of Canada's most distinctive fields of literary production. Ian Rae argues that Canadian poets have turned to the novel because of the limitations of the lyric, but have used lyric methods - puns, symbolism, repetition, juxtaposition - to create a mode of narrative that contrasts sharply with the descriptive conventions of realist and plot-driven novels. Rae Ian : Ian Rae is assistant professor of literature, McGill University.Ian Rae is assistant professor of literature, McGill University. |
