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Mistress Bradstreet
Little, Brown and Company 2007; US$ 14.99Though her work is a staple of anthologies of American poetry, Anne Bradstreet has never before been the subject of an accessible, full-scale biography for a general audience. Anne Bradstreet is known for her poem, "To My Dear and Loving Husband," among others, and through John Berryman's "Homage to Mistress Bradstreet." With her first collection,... more...
Ben Franklin
Infobase Publishing 2008; US$ 54.00Each title features: - An in-depth critical portrait of an essential writer presented in a historical context - A useful chronology - An introduction by Harold Bloom. more...
Down the Tube
ECW Press 2001; US$ 7.95Imagine yourself at home on your couch, contractually obligated to remain in front of your satellite-rigged television for a period of seven days, at the end of which you will produce a funny but penetrating account of your journeya virtual onethrough the strange and culturally revealing landscape of the 200-channel universe. Bill Brownstein... more...
Complete Writings
Penguin Group US 2001; US$ 15.00In 1761, a young girl arrived in Boston on a slave ship, sold to the Wheatley family, and given the name Phillis Wheatley. Struck by Phillis' extraordinary precociousness, the Wheatleys provided her with an education that was unusual for a woman of the time and astonishing for a slave. After studying English and classical literature, geography, the... more...
A Companion to American Literature and Culture
Wiley 2010; US$ 218.95This expansive Companion offers a set of fresh perspectives on the wealth of texts produced in and around what is now the United States. * Highlights the diverse voices that constitute American literature, embracing oral traditions, slave narratives, regional writing, literature of the environment, and more * Demonstrates that American literature... more...
The Poems of Edward Taylor
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 91.00Edward Taylor (1642-1729) was one of the most influential ministers in Puritan New England. He was also a prolific but unpublished poet. With the discovery of his poetry in 1936 and the publication of a nearly complete volume in 1960, his reputation as the premiere early American poet has grown immensely. His widely anthologized work is taught in most... more...
Criss Cross, Double Cross
Dundurn 2002; US$ 5.99Star Girl flies again! Trouble develops in 1949 in B.C. when the teachers go on strike. Will Sophie have to endure as an outcast? Or will she save the day with a daring rescue? more...
Tom Thomson's Last Paddle
Dundurn 2002; US$ 6.95While camping in Ontario?s Algonquin Park, Dani and Caitlin are stunned to see a ghostly canoe drifting towards the shore. Is this really the ghost of painter Tom Thomson? more...
Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics
University of Tennessee Press 2010; US$ 34.95“This book very conclusively debunks the over two-hundred-year-old conventional wisdom that Wheatley owes her poetic sensibilities to Alexander Pope. . . . It will help rejuvenate the study of Wheatley and will be an exciting contribution to scholarly discourse on Wheatley’s poetry.” —Cedrick May, author of Evangelism... more...
Clickety Clack
Dundurn 2010; US$ 24.95To many, Joy McDiarmid was a successful Winnipeg writer and public relations consultant. In truth she was leading a complex double life. Behind an outer mask of accomplishment she battled in the twilight zones of mental health, sexual identity, and imprecise gender. more...









