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Producing Canadian Literature

Authors Speak on the Literary Marketplace

By: Kit Dobson,Smaro Kamboureli

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Producing Canadian Literature

Authors Speak on the Literary Marketplace

By: Kit Dobson,Smaro Kamboureli

Producing Canadian Literature: Authors Speak on the Literary Marketplace brings to light the relationship between writers in Canada and the marketplace within which their work circulates. Through a series of conversations with both established and younger writers from across the country, Kit Dobson and Smaro Kamboureli investigate how writers perceive their relationship to the cultural economy—and what that economy means for their creative processes. The interviews in Producing Canadian Literature focus, in particular, on how writers interact with the cultural institutions and bodies that surround them. Conversations pursue the impacts of arts funding on writers; show how agents, editors, and publishers affect writers’ works; examine the process of actually selling a book, both in Canada and abroad; and contemplate what literary awards mean to writers. Dialogues with Christian Bök, George Elliott Clarke, Daniel Heath Justice, Larissa Lai, Stephen Henighan, Roy Miki, Erín Moure, Ashok Mathur, Lee Maracle, Jane Urquhart, and Aritha van Herk testify to the broad range of experience that writers in Canada have when it comes to the conditions in which their work is produced. Original in its desire to directly explore the specific circumstances in which writers work—and how those conditions affect their writing itself—Producing Canadian Literature will be of interest to scholars, students, aspiring writers, and readers who have followed these authors and want to know more about how their books come into being.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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1554586402

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Transnational Canadas

Anglo-Canadian Literature and Globalization

By: Kit Dobson

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Transnational Canadas

Anglo-Canadian Literature and Globalization

By: Kit Dobson

Transnational Canadas marks the first sustained inquiry into the relationship between globalization and Canadian literature written in English. Tracking developments in the literature and its study from the centennial period to the present, it shows how current work in transnational studies can provide new insights for researchers and students. Arguing first that the dichotomy of Canadian nationalism and globalization is no longer valid in today’s economic climate, Transnational Canadas explores the legacy of leftist nationalism in Canadian literature. It examines the interventions of multicultural writing in the 1980s and 1990s, investigating the cultural politics of the period and how they increasingly became part of Canada’s state structure. Under globalization, the book concludes, we need to understand new forms of subjectivity and mobility as sites for cultural politics and look beyond received notions of belonging and being. An original contribution to the study of Canadian literature, Transnational Canadas seeks to invigorate discussion by challenging students and researchers to understand the national and the global simultaneously, to look at the politics of identity beyond the rubric of multiculturalism, and to rethink the slippery notion of the political for the contemporary era.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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1554586682

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Please, No More Poetry

The Poetry of derek beaulieu

By: derek beaulieu,Kit Dobson

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The Poetry of derek beaulieu

By: derek beaulieu,Kit Dobson

Since the beginning of his poetic career in the 1990s, derek beaulieu has created works that have challenged readers to understand in new ways the possibilities of poetry. With nine books currently to his credit, and many works appearing in chapbooks, broadsides, and magazines, beaulieu continues to push experimental poetry, both in Canada and internationally, in new directions. Please, No More Poetry is the first selected works of derek beaulieu. As the publisher of first housepress and, more recently, No Press, beaulieu has continually highlighted the possibilities for experimental work in a variety of writing communities. His own work can be classified as visual poetry, as concrete poetry, as conceptual work, and beyond. His work is not to be read in any traditional sense, as it challenges the very idea of reading; rather, it may be understood as a practice that forces readers to reconsider what they think they know. As beaulieu continues to push himself in new directions, readers will appreciate the work that he has created to date, much of which has become unavailable in Canada. With an introduction by Kit Dobson and an interview with derek beaulieu by Lori Emerson as an afterword, Please, No More Poetry offers readers an opportunity to gain access to a complex experimental poetic practice through thirty-five selected representative works.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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1554588561

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The First English Explorer

The life of Anthony Jenkinson (1529-1611) and his adventures on the route to the Orient

By: Kit Mayers

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The First English Explorer

The life of Anthony Jenkinson (1529-1611) and his adventures on the route to the Orient

By: Kit Mayers

The first real explorer, for the English, was Anthony Jenkinson. He sailed to Russia and set out into the unknown to discover an overland route, right across Asia. His detailed reports and his map were a revelation for the Tudors. In 1557 Anthony Jenkinson was sent by the merchants of London to try to find an overland route right across Asia to Cathay and the riches of the Orient, setting off a year before Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne. His expedition to the east took place some twenty nine years earlier than the first English expedition to the west. As well as surviving storms, Jenkinson was faced with thieving, illness and several attacks by bandits, before eventually, by sheer persistence, reaching Bokhara, which is now in Uzbekistan. He had completed two thirds of the journey and had reached the ‘Silk Road’ that led to Cambaluc (Beijing), before finding that he could go no further because the route ahead was closed by continuous wars. In later expeditions, he travelled to Persia where he nearly had his head cut off and he also went to Moscow where he managed some extremely tense negotiations with Tsar Ivan the Terrible on behalf of the Muscovy Company. His reports back to the Company in London give us a great insight into what Russia was like at the time, and Tartary and Persia. ‘This book is a lively and carefully researched study of Anthony Jenkinson,’ – Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt, OBE ‘This important book fills an undoubted gap in the history of English travellers in the sixteenth century,’ – Professor David Loades, FSA, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wales The First English Explorer will appeal to fans of history, particularly those with a strong interest in explorers and eastern travel.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1785892282

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Blue Jerusalem

British Conservatism, Winston Churchill, and the Second World War

By: Kit Kowol

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Blue Jerusalem

British Conservatism, Winston Churchill, and the Second World War

By: Kit Kowol

The untold story of how Winston Churchill and the Conservative Party envisioned Britain's post-war future We think we know all there is to know about Britain's Second World War. We don't. This radical re-interpretation of British history and British Conservatism between 1939 and 1945 reveals the bold, at times utopian, plans British Conservatives drew up for Britain and the post-war world. From proposals for world government to a more united Empire via dreams of a new Christian elite and a move back-to-the-land, Blue Jerusalem reveals how Conservatives were every bit as imaginative and courageous as their Labour and left-wing opponents in their wartime plans for a post-war world. Bringing these alternative visions of Britain's post-war future back to life, Blue Jerusalem restores politics to the centre of the story of Britain's war. It demonstrates how everything from the weapons Britain fought with, to the theatres in which the fighting took place and the allies Britain chose were the product of political decisions about the different futures Conservatives wanted to make. Rejecting notions of a 'people's war' that continue to cloud how we think of World War II, it explores how the Tories used their control of the home and battle front to fight a deeply Conservative war and build the martial, imperial, and Christian nation many that many of a Conservative disposition had long dreamed of. A study of political thinking as well as political manoeuvre, Blue Jerusalem goes beyond an examination of the usual suspects - such as Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain - to reveal a hitherto lost world of British Conservativism and a set of forgotten futures that continue to shape our world.

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Oxford University Press

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0192639005

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9780192639004

Learning to Teach Modern Languages in the Secondary School

A Companion to School Experience

By: Norbert Pachler,Ann Barnes,Kit Field

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Learning to Teach Modern Languages in the Secondary School

A Companion to School Experience

By: Norbert Pachler,Ann Barnes,Kit Field

This book focuses on the key skills of teaching modern foreign languages. A practical focus is underpinned by theoretical perspective and account is taken of national statutory frameworks.

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Routledge

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1134715226

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Learning to Teach Modern Foreign Languages in the Secondary School

A Companion to School Experience

By: Norbert Pachler,Kit Field

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Learning to Teach Modern Foreign Languages in the Secondary School

A Companion to School Experience

By: Norbert Pachler,Kit Field

Designed as a text to support student teachers in training, this book focuses on the key skills of teaching modern foreign languages. The practical focus of the book is underpinned by a theoretical perspective including ample opportunities for reflection. Account is taken of national statutory frameworks. The book aims to assist student teachers in developing a personal approach to modern foreign languages teaching and to choose the most effective and appropriate methods to help pupils gain relevant knowledge, skills and understanding. For mentors and tutors working with student teachers this book provides an overview of the areas covered by student teachers during their course of initial teacher education. Chapters cover, for instance: the teaching of grammar and cultural awareness assessment the use of the target language for instruction and interaction the use of new technologies in the classroom. Examples are given in French, German and Spanish, but most are transferable to other languages.

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Psychology Press

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0415162815

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Glory of Old IU, Indiana University

By: Bob Hammel,Kit Klingelhoffer

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Glory of Old IU, Indiana University

By: Bob Hammel,Kit Klingelhoffer

A handsome coffee-table book, Glory of Old IU is the most comprehensive book ever written about Indiana University athletics. Never-before-published details about the 100 years of IU's membership in the Big Ten Conference are captured in this one-of-a-kind book. Glory of Old IU includes vignettes about all of IU's greatest moments, including its five NCAA basketball championships. There are stories about Bob Knight, Mark Spitz, Isiah Thomas, Harry Gonso, and many others. Thousands of other names are included in the all-time letter-winners list. Glory of Old IU is must reading for anyone who is loyal to the Hoosiers.

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Sports Publishing LLC

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1582610681

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Transnational Canadas

Anglo-Canadian Literature and Globalization

By: Kit Dobson

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Anglo-Canadian Literature and Globalization

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Gold Town Gal/Morgan's Squaw

By: Kit Dalton

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Gold Town Gal/Morgan's Squaw

By: Kit Dalton

Two complete westerns in one double edition. Readers get twice the guns and twice the gals for one low price!

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0843941596

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Please, No More Poetry

The Poetry of derek beaulieu

By: derek beaulieu,Kit Dobson

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Producing Canadian Literature

Authors Speak on the Literary Marketplace

By: Kit Dobson,Smaro Kamboureli

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Producing Canadian Literature

Producing Canadian Literature

Transnational Canadas

Transnational Canadas

Please, No More Poetry

Please, No More Poetry

The First English Explorer

The First English Explorer

Blue Jerusalem

Blue Jerusalem

Learning to Teach Modern Languages in the Secondary School

Learning to Teach Modern Languages in the Secondary School

Learning to Teach Modern Foreign Languages in the Secondary School

Learning to Teach Modern Foreign Languages in the Secondary School

Glory of Old IU, Indiana University

Glory of Old IU, Indiana University

Transnational Canadas

Transnational Canadas

Gold Town Gal/Morgan's Squaw

Gold Town Gal/Morgan's Squaw

Please, No More Poetry

Please, No More Poetry

Producing Canadian Literature

Producing Canadian Literature

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