French Canadian & Quebecois Novels

by Ben-Z. Shek

This survey-mainly of books that are available in English-opens with 'The Long Gestation of the Novel, 1837-1937', from Aubert de Gasp 's Les Anciens Canadiens / Canadians of Old to F lix-Antoine Savard's Menaud, ma tre-draveur / Master of the River. 'The Modern Novel, 1938-1959' deals with the emergence of urban social realism (Gabrielle Roy, Roger Lemelin), its roots in the writings of Ringuet and Germaine Gu vremont, and the existentialism of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195407237
• ISBN13: 9780195407235
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"