Revisiting Canadian Modernism
Sheila Watson’s The Double Hook (1959)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22063015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | André Dodeman (Institut des langues et cultures d'Europe, Amérique, Afrique, Asie et Australie, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Commonwealth Essays and Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2270-0633 • E-ISSN: 2534-6695 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ces.4267 |
| OpenAlex | W3095805860 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
This article proposes to revisit Sheila Watson’s The Double Hook (1959) and the role it played in the emergence of Canadian modernism in the 1950s. Watson’s experimentation with narrative and her examination of the traditional borders between prose and poetry account for her novel’s position in Canadian literature as a singular text. While this paper will consider Watson’s novel in light of the realist tradition that shaped early twentieth-century Canadian literature, it will also pay close attention to the writer’s desire to break free from such conventions by writing a story that remains exceptional in its inclination to elude clear-cut identification
Art · Art history · Canadian literature · Hook · Literature · Narrative · Poetry · Watson · American and British Literature Analysis · Canadian Identity and History · History · Short Stories in Global Literature
| Highly cited | No |
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