CANADIAN LITERATURE

the body of written works produced by Canadians. Reflecting the country's dual origin and linguistic distribution, the literature of Canada falls into two divisions: English and French. This article provides a brief historical account of each of these literatures. The Editors of the Encyclopdia Britannica the body of written works produced in English or French by Canadians. Additional reading General works Overviews of English and French Canadian literature may be found in William Toye (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature (1983); Eugene Benson and L.W. Conolly (eds.), The Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre (1989); W.H. New, A History of Canadian Literature (1989); and six volumes in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, ed. by W.H. New: vol. 99, Canadian Writers Before 1890 (1990); vol. 92, Canadian Writers, 1890-1920 (1990); vol. 68, Canadian Writers, 1920-1959, First Series (1988); vol. 88, Canadian Writers, 1920-1959, Second Series (1989); vol. 53, Canadian Writers Since 1960, First Series (1986); and vol. 60, Canadian Writers Since 1960, Second Series (1987)each volume includes biobibliographic essays on individual writers. Further bibliographic information is contained in Robert Lecker and Jack David (eds.), The Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors (1979 ). Scholarly critical journals include Studies in Canadian Literature (semiannual); Essays on Canadian Writing (quarterly); and Canadian Literature (quarterly). Canadian literature in English The essays in Literary History of Canada: Canadian Literature in English, 2nd ed., vol. 13 ed. by Carl F. Klinck (1976), and vol. 4 ed. by W.H. New (1990); and Robert Lecker, Jack David, and Ellen Quigley (eds.), Canadian Writers and Their Works, 11 vol. (198393), are comprehensive critical studies. Donna Bennett and Russell Brown (eds.), An Anthology of Canadian Literature in English, 2 vol. (198283); and Margaret Atwood (ed.), The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English (1982), contain helpful introductions. Useful bibliographies include Reginald E. Watters, A Checklist of Canadian Literature and Background Materials, 1628-1960, 2nd ed., rev. and enlarged (1972); Peter Stevens, Modern English-Canadian Poetry (1978); and Helen Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (1983).The literature of Canada's indigenous peoples is surveyed in Thomas King, Cheryl Calver, and Helen Hoy (eds.), The Native in Literature (1987); and W.H. New (ed.), Native Writers and Canadian Writing (1990). Canadian literature in French Maurice Lemire (ed.), Dictionnaire des oeuvres littraires du Qubec, 2nd ed., rev. and corrected (1980 ); and Rginald Hamel, John Hare, and Paul Wyczynski, Dictionnaire des auteurs de langue franaise en Amrique du Nord (1989), study literary developments. Leonard E. Doucette, Theatre in French Canada: Laying the Foundations, 1606-1867 (1984), is a useful introduction. Anthologies include Richard Teleky (ed.), The Oxford Book of French-Canadian Short Stories (1983), a collection of English translations; Gilles Marcotte, Anthologie de la littrature qubcoise, 4 vol. (197880); and Laurent Mailhot and Pierre Nepveu (eds.), La Posie qubcoise des origines nos jours, new ed. (1990). Critical and historical studies appear in the journals Voix et images (3/yr.); and Lettres qubcoises (quarterly). Kathy Mezei David M. Hayne The Editors of the Encyclopdia Britannica