LEADER 04171nam 2200697 450 001 9910455956903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-01432-3 010 $a9786612014321 010 $a1-4426-8194-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442681941 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004469 035 $a(OCoLC)666908044 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10218797 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000305097 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11263496 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000305097 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10284840 035 $a(PQKB)11205323 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600248 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3254892 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672119 035 $a(DE-B1597)465009 035 $a(OCoLC)1013961024 035 $a(OCoLC)944177312 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442681941 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672119 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257802 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004469 100 $a20160922h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe one and the many $eEnglish-Canadian short story cycles /$fGerald Lynch 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-8397-8 311 $a0-8020-3511-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tIntroduction: The Canadian Short Story and Story Cycle -- $t1: 'In the Meantime': Duncan Campbell Scott's In the Village of Viger -- $t2: Fabian Feminism: J.G. Sime's Sister Woman -- $t3: Fabulous Selves: Two Modern Short Story Cycles -- $t4: 'To keep what was good and pass it on': George Elliott's The Kissing Man -- $t5: No Honey, I'm Home: Alice Munro's Who Do You Think You Are? -- $tL'Envoi: Continuity/Inclusion/Conclusion -- $tNOTES -- $tWORKS CITED -- $tINDEX 330 $aThe search for the 'Great Canadian Novel' has long continued throughout our history. Controversially, to say the least, Gerald Lynch maintains that a version of it may already have been written - as a great Canadian short story cycle. In this unique text, the author launches into a fascinating literary-historical survey and genre study of the English-Canadian short story cycle - the literary form that occupies the middle ground between short stories and novels. This wide-ranging volume has much to say about the continuing relationship between place and identity in Canadian literature and culture. Initially, Lynch employs Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town for illustrative purposes, and begins by discussing two definitive features of short story cycles: the ways in which their form conveys meaning and the paramount function of their concluding stories, which are here called 'return stories.' Lynch then devotes five discrete but related chapters to six Canadian short story cycles, spanning some one hundred years from Duncan Campbell Scott to Thomas King, and tracing some surprising continuities in this distinctive genre. A number of the works are discussed extensively for the first time within the tradition of the Canadian short story cycle, which has never before been accorded book-length study in English. This engaging and intelligent volume will be of interest to the general reader as well as specialists in Canadian literature. 606 $aShort stories, Canadian$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCanadian fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCycles (Literature) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aShort stories, Canadian$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCanadian fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCycles (Literature) 676 $a813/.010971/0904 700 $aLynch$b Gerald$f1953-$0997546 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455956903321 996 $aThe one and the many$92478451 997 $aUNINA