Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. PART I: NEW FOUND LANDS
5. 1. The Voyagers 1
6. 2. Explorers by Land (to 1867) 19
7. 3. Explorers by Sea: The West Coast 54
8. PART II: THE TRANSPLANTING OF TRADITIONS
9. 4. Overture to Nationhood 69
10. 5. Settlement 82
11. 6. Haliburton 106
12. 7. Literary Activity in the Maritime Provinces (1815-1880) 116
13. 8. Literary Activity in the Canadas (1812-1841) 139
14. 9. Literary Activity in Canada East and West (1841-1880) 159
15. 10. Folktales and Folk Songs 177
16. 11. Literary Publishing 188
17. PART III: THE EMERGENCE OF A TRADITION
18. 12. Confederation to the First World War 205
19. 13. Historical Writing in Canada (to 1920) 222
20. 14. The Growth of Canadian English 265
21. 15. New Forces: New Fiction (1880-1920) 274
22. 16. The Kinds of Fiction (18 80-1920) 298
23. 17. Writers of Fiction (1880-1920) 327
24. 18. Essays and Travel Books 354
25. 19. Nature Writers and the Animal Story 380
26. 20. Lampman and Roberts 405
27. 21. Crawford, Carman, and D. C. Scott 422
28. 22. Minor Poets (1880-1920) 438
29. 23. Philosophical Literature (to 1910 447
30. 24. Scientific Writings 461
31. 25. Literature of Protest 473
32. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES 493
33. INDEX 505