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Literary Criticism Canadian

Matt Cohen and His Works

by (author) George Woodcock

Publisher
ECW Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1987
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780920763292
    Publish Date
    Jan 1987
    List Price
    $9.95 USD

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A study of Canadian writer Matt Cohen.

About the author

George Woodcock (1912-1995) is one of Canada's best-known and most prolific authors. He was born in Winnipeg and educated in England, where he socialized with some of the century's most prominent writers and intellectuals including Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Herbert Read and T.S. Eliot. He returned to Canada in 1949 and taught at the University of British Columbia for many years. In 1959, he founded the journal Canadian Literature. His contribtution to Canadian culture is immeasurable; he either wrote or edited over one-hundred books including The Crystal Spirit, his Governor-Genral's award-winning biography of Orwell; Gabriel Dumont, another bestselling biography; and Anarchism a guide to the political philosophy which continues to be read around the world. His wide range of writing includes literary criticism, poetry, travel writing, plays, social history, biography, politics and essays.

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