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By Miriam Waddington. 1989
The author recalls her childhood on the prairie and her growing sense of herself as a writer, a woman and…
a Jew. She includes her reflections on many facets of poetry, Yiddish writers and the Canadian literary tradition, and her criticisms of the works of Stephen Leacock, Anais Nin, Simone de Beauvoir, V.S. Naipaul, A.M. Klein, and others. (Studies in Canadian literature)By Joshua Wheeler. 2018
By P. J O'Rourke. 1995
Twenty-five years of essays from the journalist's past. Evolving from a drug-using hippie to a right-wing conservative, O'Rourke writes about…
everything from automobiles in "The Ultimate Politically Incorrect Car" to politics in "Whitewater." Some strong language. 1995.By David Foster Wallace. 1997
Seven wry essays set forth incisive observations on popular aspects of American society. The title piece chronicles a one-week luxury…
cruise in the Caribbean, detailing the sights and sensations of the experience with candid and caustic insight. Strong language. 1997.By Virginia Woolf. 1929
This essay is based on two papers which Virginia Woolf read to the Arts Society at Newnham and Girton Colleges…
in October 1928. She wished to share the ideas which led her to conclude that a woman needed to have money and a room of her own if she was to create. 1977, c1929.By Robertson Davies. 1996
A collection of Robertson Davies' reflections on books, reading, and writing. These essays, book reviews, and other writings, taken from…
a selection which he had planned to publish before his death, reveal Davies at his vintage best. 1996.By Ben Okri. 1998
"A way of being free" brings together twelve of Ben Okri's most controversial non-fiction pieces in this beautifully crafted collection…
on the theme of freedom. Lyrical, imaginative and provocative, it confirms Okri's status as one of the most inspiring of contemporary writers.By Albert Camus. 1991
In the title essay, the French philosopher and writer develops an affirmative attitude towards life, even though life is regarded…
as meaningless and absurd. The other essays also deal with the theme of affirmation in the face of absurdity. 1991. Uniform title: Mythe de Sisyphe.By Stuart McLean. 1989
This collection of McLean's humourous essays, originally broadcast on the CBC radio program "Morningside", looks at the extraordinary things in…
everyday life, including popsicles, the neighbourhood barber shop, dust balls and wooden pencils. Uniform title: Morningside (Radio program)By Mordecai Richler, Dominique Fortier, Nadine Bismuth. 2007
Chacun des quinze essais réunis dans ce livre est comme une fenêtre qui permet dembrasser un pan de lart et…
de la pensée de lun des plus grands écrivains québécois. Sil a été célébré dans le reste du Canada, Mordecai Richler (1931-2001) est toutefois encore largement méconnu dans la province qui la vu naître et avec laquelle, il faut bien lavouer, il a entretenu des rapports quelque peu problématiques. Au-delà des polémiques et des déclarations incendiaires, on découvre ici divers visages de lécrivain qui se fait tour à tour critique, diariste, chroniqueur, voire, par moments, philosophe, tout en restant grand pourfendeur de bêtises, didées reçues et autres rectitudes politiques. Le gamin de la rue Saint-Urbain qui rêve dailleurs en découvrant la littérature cède la place au jeune homme ébloui qui dévore Paris comme un fruit mûr, puis à lécrivain accompli, confirmé, dont la plume sest affinée sans rien perdre de son mordant. [...] -- 4e de couv.By Virginia Woolf, Clara Malraux. 1980
Un classique de la pensée féministe. Sujet-prétexte: les femmes et le roman. Point de départ (et point d'arrivée): si une…
femme veut écrire une oeuvre de fiction elle doit disposer de quelque argent et d'une chambre à soi (à soi seule). 1980.By Charles Dantzig. 2010
Des conseils, des douceurs, des rosseries, et une conception de la lecture comme soeur de la littérature , toutes deux…
marchant ensemble dans un combat contre le temps. Une philosophie de la lecture qui fait s'exclamer, s'enthousiasmer, applaudir, et qui ne donne qu'une envie : (la) relire. -- couv.By Sarah De Leeuw. 2017
A collection of personal essays, haunted by loss, evoking turbulent physical and emotional Canadian landscapes. Sarah de Leeuw's creative non-fiction…
captures strange inconsistencies and aberrations of human behaviour, urging us to be observant and aware. The essays are wide in scope and expose what--and who--goes missing. 2017. Uniform title: Essays.By Martin Warner. 1999
These essays offer reflection on the process of revelation and response. The title essay points not only to Mary's experience,…
but also to our own progress along the pilgrimage of faith, to our aptitude for reception of God's self-disclosure, and the many different levels, ways, and contexts in which we recognise and receive it. (Given by Guild of Church Braillists) 1999.By Irvin Studin. 2006
Studin approached leading Canadians from all walks of life - politics, the civil service, academia, literature, journalism, business, the arts…
- from both official language groups, and from all regions of the country, as well as from the Canadian diaspora, to tell us what they believe defines us. The answers to "What is a Canadian?" range from "someone who crosses the road to get to the middle" to "the citizen of a country badly in need of growing up" to "adaptable. To illustrate, consider the depth and breadth of the Canadian woman's wardrobe". 2006.By John Fowles, Jan Relf. 1998
A collection of non-fiction writing from John Fowles which includes articles written for magazines; book reviews from "The New York…
Times Book Review" and the "Irish Press"; various forewords and introductions; a tribute to William Golding; and some autobiographical pieces.The author, editor, and literary critic offers his William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization, which…
he delivered at Harvard in 1994. In a prologue and three essays, the author reflects on his experiences, especially in the field of literature, before, during, and after World War II. He discusses contemporary writers and literary trends of the time. 1995.By Woody Allen. 1975
By Calvin Trillin. 1985
Irreverent reflections on politics, bicycle accidents, investment opportunities (such as Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes), foreign relations, and other crucial matters.…
Trillin claims he is "firmly committed to the proposition that whoever is in power is exceedingly silly." Some strong language. 1985.By Rudy Wiebe, Smaro Kamboureli. 2016
Collects forty years of essays and speeches that Wiebe crafted over his many years as an author. Wiebe provides a…
look behind the curtain, revealing his thought processes as he worked on many of his books. Throughout this selection, he dissects controversies that arose after publication of his early novels, meditates on words and their inherent power, explores the great Canadian North and the Canadian body politic, reckons with his family history and Mennonite faith, all while providing an engaging and enlightening commentary. 2016. Uniform title: Essays.