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Glickman, Susan. The Picturesque and the Sublime: A Poetics of the Canadian Landscape. McGill-Queens University Press, 2000. A cultural history of the two hundred years of nature writing in Canada.

Hoy, Helen. How Should I Read These? Native Women Writers in Canada. BPR, 2001. One of the few books on contemporary native writing in Canada.

Jones, Raymond E., and Jon C. Scott. Canadian Children's Books: A Critical Guide to Authors and Illustrators. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2000. An essential reference guide.

New, W. H., ed. A History of Canadian Literature. New Amsterdam Books, McGill-Queens University Press, 1993. 2001. From the Jesuit Relations to Margaret Atwood, this is a valuable introduction to Canada's diverse literature.

New, W. H., ed. Canadian Literature: Native Writers and Canadian Writings. UBC Press, 1990. An essential book for anyone interested in the power and language of Canada's native writers.

New, W. H., ed. Literary History of Canada: Canadian Literature in English. University of Toronto Press, 1990. Describes the complex relationship between contemporary Canadian literature and the society in which it was written.

Solecki, Sam, ed. Imagining Canadian Literature: The Selected Letters of Jack McClelland. Key Porter, 1998. A Canadian publishing giant provides thoughts and insights into the difficulties of operating within Canada's publishing industry.

Toye, William, and Eugene Benson, eds. The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Rev. ed. Oxford University Press, 2001. Reference work with over 1,100 profiles of major Canadian writers, poets, and literary scholars.

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