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Chapter 4 - The Foundational Fifties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2021

David Staines
David Staines
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University of Ottawa
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With realism slowly supplanting romance as a major mode in fiction, Canadian writing emerged from its romance origins. After the end of World War II, writers were espousing their commitment to the development of fiction along lines which marked the modernistic foundations of their voices.

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A History of Canadian Fiction , pp. 90 - 117
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • The Foundational Fifties
  • David Staines, University of Ottawa
  • Book: A History of Canadian Fiction
  • Online publication: 24 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108284554.006
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  • The Foundational Fifties
  • David Staines, University of Ottawa
  • Book: A History of Canadian Fiction
  • Online publication: 24 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108284554.006
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  • The Foundational Fifties
  • David Staines, University of Ottawa
  • Book: A History of Canadian Fiction
  • Online publication: 24 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108284554.006
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