Literary Criticism

  • Burnett, Linda, ed. Theatre in Atlantic Canada. Special issue of Canadian Theatre Review 128 (Fall 2006).
  • Clarke, George Elliott. Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2002.
  • Compton, Anne. Meetings with Maritime Poets: Interviews. Markham: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2006.
  • Creelman, David. Setting in the East: Maritime Realist Fiction. Montreal: McGill- Queen’s UP, 2003.
  • Dvorak, Marta and Coral Ann Howells, eds. The Literature of Atlantic Canada. Special issue of Canadian Literature 189 (2006).
  • Fuller, Danielle. Writing the Everyday: Women’s Textual Communities in Atlantic Canada. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2004.
  • Hochbruck, Wolfgang and James O. Taylor, ed. Down East: Critical Essays on Contemporary Maritime Canadian Literature. Trier: Verlag Trier, 1996.
  • The New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia. www.stu.ca/nble
  • Mathews, Lawrence, ed. The Literature of Newfoundland. Spec. issue of Essays on Canadian Writing 82 (2004).
  • Thompson, Hilary, ed. Children’s Voices in Atlantic Literature and Culture: Essays on Childhood. Guelph: Canadian Children’s Press, 1995.
  • Wyile, Herb. Anne of Tim Hortons: Globalization and the Reshaping of Atlantic-Canadian Literature. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011.
  • Wyile, Herb and Jeanette Lynes, ed. Surf's Up! The RIsing Tide of Atlantic-Canadian Literature. Special issue of Studies in Canadian Literature 33.2 (2008).

 

Sources on Atlantic-Canadian Culture & Society

  • Buckner, P. A., ed. Teaching Maritime Studies. Fredericton: Acadiensis, 1986.
  • Epprecht, Marc. “Atlantic Canada and ‘the End of History’: Postmodernism and Regional Underdevelopment.” Dalhousie Review 70.4 (1991): 429-58.
  • Guildford, Janet and Suzanne Morton, eds. Making up the State: Women in 20th-Century Atlantic Canada. Fredericton: Acadiensis, 2010.
  • Hornsby, Stephen J. and John G. Reid, eds. New England and the Maritime Provinces: Comparisons and Connections. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005.
  • Kelly, Ursula. Marketing Place: Cultural Politics, Regionalism, and Reading. Halifax: Fernwood, 1993.
  • Kelly, Ursula and Elizabeth Yeoman. Despite This Loss: Essays on Culture, Memory and Identity in Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's: ISER: 2010.
  • McCann, Larry, and Carrie MacMillan, eds. The Sea and Culture of Atlantic Canada: A Multidisciplinary Sampler. Sackville: Centre for Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University, 1992.
  • McKay, Ian. The Quest of the Folk: Antimodernism and Cultural Selection in Twentieth-Century Nova Scotia. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1994.
  • McKay, Ian and Scott Milsom, eds. Toward a New Maritimes. Charlottetown: Ragweed, 1992.
  • Overton, James. Making a World of Difference: Essays on Tourism, Culture and Development in Newfoundland. St. John’s: Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1996.
  • Reid, John G. and Donald J. Savoie, ed. Shaping an Agenda for Atlantic Canada. Halifax: Fernwood, 2011.
  • Sacouman, James & Henry Veltmeyer, eds. From the Net to the Net: Atlantic Canada and the Global Economy. Aurora: Garamond, 2005.
  • Savoie, Donald J. Visiting Grandchildren: Economic Development in the Maritimes. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2006.
  • Stewart, Ian. Roasting Chestnuts: The Mythology of Maritime Political Culture. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1994.
  • Tomblin, James and Charles S. Colgan, eds. Regionalism in a Global Society: Persistence and Change in Atlantic Canada and New England. Peterborough: Broadview, 2004.
  • Workman, W. Thom. Social Torment: Globalization in Atlantic Canada. Halifax: Fernwood, 2003.

History Sources

  • Acheson, Thomas William, and S.A. Saunders. The Economic History of the Maritime Provinces. Fredericton: Acadiensis Press, 1984.
  • Buckner, P.A., and David Frank, eds. Atlantic Canada After Confederation: The Acadiensis Reader, Vol. 2. 3rd ed. Fredericton: Acadiensis Press, 1999.
  • Buckner, P.A., and David Frank, eds. Atlantic Canada Before Confederation: The Acadiensis Reader, Vol. 1. 2nd ed. Fredericton: Acadiensis Press, 1990.
  • Cadigan, Sean T. Newfoundland and Labrador: A History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009.
  • Conrad, Margaret and James Hiller. Atlantic Canada: A Region in the Making. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • Forbes, E.R. Challenging the Regional Stereotype: Essays on the 20th Century Maritimes. Fredericton: Acadiensis Press, 1989.
  • Forbes, E.R. and D.A. Muise, eds. The Atlantic Provinces in Confederation. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1993.
  • Frank, David, and Gregory S. Kealey, eds. Labour and Working-Class History in Atlantic Canada: A Reader. St. John’s: Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1995.
  • Jackson, F.L. Surviving Confederation. St. John’s: Harry Cuff, 1986.
  • Major, Kevin. As Near to Heaven by Sea: A History of Newfoundland & Labrador. Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2001.
  • Muise, D.A. "Who Owns History Anyway? Reinventing Atlantic Canada for Pleasure and Profit." Acadiensis 27.2 (1998): 124-34.

Anthologies

  • Barton, Bruce, ed. Marigraph: Gauging the Tides of Drama From New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island. Toronto: Playwrights Canada, 2004.
  • Choyce, Lesley, ed. Atlantica: Stories from the Maritimes and Newfoundland. Fredericton: Goose Lane, 2001.
  • Coady, Lynn, ed. Victory Meat: New Fiction from Atlantic Canada. Toronto: Anchor Canada, 2003.
  • Colford, Ian, ed. Water Studies: New Voices in Maritime Fiction. Lawrencetown Beach: Pottersfield, 1998.
  • Compton, Anne et al., ed. Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada. Fredericton: Goose Lane, 2002.
  • Lynes, Jeanette, ed. Words Out There: Women Poets in Atlantic Canada. Lockeport: Roseway, 1999.
  • MacDonald, Hugh, and Brent MacLaine, ed. Landmarks: An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land. Charlottetown: Acorn, 2001.
  • McGrath, Carmelita, ed. Hearts Larry Broke: New Fiction from the Burning Rock. St. John’s: Killick, 2000.
  • Mitcham, Alison and Theresia Quigley, ed. Poetic Voices of the Maritimes: A Selection of Contemporary Poetry. Hantsport: Lancelot, 1996.
  • Peobody, George, ed. Best Maritime Short Stories. Halifax: Formac, 1988.
  • Thurston, Harry, ed. The Sea’s Voice: An Anthology of Atlantic Canadian Nature Writing. Halifax: Nimbus, 2005.
  • Winter, Michael, ed. Extremities: Fiction from the Burning Rock. St. John’s: Killick, 1994.

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