The first anthology of critical interpretations of major Canadian short stories.

The Canadian Short Story: Status, Criticism, Historical Survey - Reingard M. NischikCanadian Animal Stories: Charles G.D. Roberts, "Do Seek Their Meat from God" (1892) - Martina SeifertTory Humanism, Ironic Humor, and Satire: Stephen Leacock, "The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias" (1912) - Heinz AntorThe Beginnings of Canadian Modernism: Raymond Knister, "The First Day of Spring" (written 1924/25) - Julia BreitbachFrom Old World Aestheticist Immoralist to Prairie Moral Realist: Frederick Philip Grove, "Snow" (1926/32) - Konrad GrossPsychological Realism, Immigration, and City Fiction: Morley Callaghan, "Last Spring They Came Over" (1927) - Paul GoetschModernism, Prairie Fiction, and Gender: Sinclair Ross, "The Lamp at Noon" (1938) - Dieter Meindl"An Artful Artlessness": Ethel Wilson, "We Have to Sit Opposite" (1945) - Nina KuckSocial Realism and Compassion for the Underdog: Hugh Garner, "One-Two-Three Little Indians" (1950) - Stefan FergusonThe Perils of Human Relationships: Joyce Marshall, "The Old Woman" (1952) - Rudolf BaderThe Social Critic at Work: Mordecai Richler, "Benny, the War in Europe, and Myerson's Daughter Bella" (1956) - Fabienne C. QuennetMyth and the Postmodernist Turn in Canadian Short Fiction: Sheila Watson, "Antigone" (1959) - Martin KuesterThe Modernist Aesthetic: Hugh Hood, "Flying a Red Kite" (1962) - Jutta ZimmermannDoing Well in the International Thing?: Mavis Gallant, "The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street" (1963) - Silvia Mergenthal(Un-) Doing Gender: Alice Munro, "Boys and Girls" (1964) - Reingard M. NischikCollective Memory and Personal Identity in the Prairie Town of Manawaka: Margaret Laurence, "The Loons" (1966) - Caroline Rosenthal"Out of Place": Clark Blaise, "A Class of New Canadians" (1970) - Wolfgang KloossRealsim and Parodic Postmodernism: Audrey Thomas, "Aquarius" (1971) - Lothar Honnighausen"The Problem Is to Make the Story": Rudy Wiebe, "Where Is the Voice Coming From?" (1971) - Heinz IckstadtThe Canadian Writer as Expatriate: Norman Levine, "We All Begin in a Little Magazine" (1972) - Gordon BollingCanadian Artist Stories: John Metcalf, "The Strange Aberration of Mr. Ken Smythe" (1973) - Reingard M. Nischik"A Literature of a Whole World and of a Real World": Jane Rule, "Lilian" (1977) - Christina StrobelFailure as Liberation: Jack Hodgins, "The Concert Stages of Europe" (1978) - Waldemar ZacharasiewiczFigures in a Landscape: William Dempsey Valgardson, "A Matter of Balance" (1982) - Maria LoschniggFigures in a Landscape: William Dempsey Valgardson, "A Matter of Balance" (1982) - Martin Loschnigg"The Translation of the World into Words" and the Female Tradition: Margaret Atwood, "Significant Moments in the Life of My Mother" (1983) - Reingard M. Nischik"Southern Preacher": Leon Rooke, "The Woman Who Talked to Horses" (1984) - Nadja GernalzickNativeness as Third Space: Thomas King, "Borders" (1991) - Eva GruberDigressing to Inner Worlds: Carol Shields, "Our Men and Women" (1999) - Brigitte GlaserA Sentimental Journey: Janice Kulyk Keefer, "Dreams:Storms:Dogs" (1999) - Georgiana BanitaFurther Reading on the Canadian Short StoryTime Chart: The Short Story in the USA, Canada, and Great BritainNotes on the ContributorsIndex