Canadian Literary Prose
A Preliminary Stylistic Atlas
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550220988
- Publish Date
- Jan 1990
- List Price
- $16.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550220964
- Publish Date
- Jan 1990
- List Price
- $26.00 USD
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What are the key stylistic elements of Margaret Atwood's prose style, or Mordecai Richler's? Does Robertson Davies's fictional style resemble that of a 19th-century British novel? Do Morley Callaghan and Ernest Hemingway share stylistic mannerisms? After many years of computer-assisted analysis, Robert Cluett is able to suggest answers to the above questions and to reveal how major Canadian writers establish their own writing style. Written in a lively style itself, and complete with charts and graphs, this book is the first attempt to address specific stylistic issues in Canadian fiction.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Robert Cluett is a teacher of English at York University and the author of Critical Reading and Prose and Style.
