The Canadian Canon of Evaluative Criticism
In Volume Two of Canadian Literature in English, W.J. Keith cites a series of literary-critical books whose authors are "concerned, first and foremost, with good writing…The sole axe they grind is the need to nurture excellence."
They, along with works by A.J. M. Smith, and Louis Dudek, could be said to constitute what might be called the Canadian Canon of Evaluative Criticism:
Kicking Against the Pricks, John Metcalf. (ECW, 1982)
Clearing the Ground, Paul Steuwe (1984)
A Climate Charged, B.W. Powe
And then a ‘flurry’ of books fostered by Metcalf and the Porcupine’s Quill:
Ripostes, Philip Marchand
This is Our Writing, T.F. Rigelhof
When Words Deny the World, Stephen Henighan
Director’s Cut, David Solway
A Lover’s Quarrel, Carmine Starnino
September 10th, 2009 at 5:12 PM
It’s actually David SOLWAY. David Soloway is ex-member of the American band Saves the Day.
September 11th, 2009 at 10:05 AM
and also the name of a childhood friend, hence the typo/blunder. Thanks for pointing out the error. I’ll ensure its perpetrator is duly flogged, quartered, etc.