Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. Introduction 1
5. Doublecrossing the Atlantic in A.M. Klein’s The Second Scroll 18
6. Canadian Poetry after Auschwitz: Layton, Cohen, Mandel 35
7. From Vienna to Edmonton: Henry Kreisel’s Almost Meetings 54
8. Between Ottawa and St Ives: Norman Levine’s Tight-Rope Walkers 68
9. Homeward Unbound: Jack Ludwig’s American Exile 84
10. From Origins to Margins: Adele Wiseman’s Immigrants 103
11. Subverting Westmount: Leonard Cohens New Jews 119
12. Richler’s Runners: Decentauring St Urbain Street 142
13. The French Disconnection: Monique Bosco en abyme 161
14. Invisible Borders: Nairn Kalian’s Internationalism 172
15. Matt Cohen’s Jeru-Salem 186
16. Conclusion 199
17. Glossary 209
18. Notes 211
19. Bibliography 221
20. Index 229