The Burgess Shale: The Canadian Writing Landscape of the 1960s

by Margaret Atwood

"The outburst of cultural energy that took place in the 1960s was in part a product of the two decades that came before. It's always difficult for young people to see their own time in perspective: when you're in your teens, a decade earlier feels like ancient history and the present moment seems normal: what exists now is surely what has always existed."

Margaret Atwood compares the Canadian literary landscape of the 1960s to the Burgess Shale,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772123013
• ISBN13: 9781772123012
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up