Download or read book The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Fantastic Literature written by Allan Weiss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study introduces the history, themes, and critical responses to Canadian fantastic literature. Taking a chronological approach, this volume covers the main periods of Canadian science fiction and fantasy from the early nineteenth century to the first decades of the twenty-first century. The book examines both the texts and the contexts of Canadian writing in the fantastic, analyzing themes and techniques in novels and short stories, and looking at both national and international contexts of the literature's history. This introduction will offer a coherent narrative of Canadian fantastic literature through analysis of the major texts and authors in the field and through relating the authors' work to the world around them"--