Five-part invention

"The first such history of its kind in Canada, Five-Part Invention offers a means of reading ethnic difference through cultural representations: the concentration on place and spatial configuration in English-Canadian literature; the focus on time and history in French-Canadian literature; the cultural trauma of the First Nations and Inuit literature; and the losses and ambiguous recoveries of ethnic minority writing.

Blodgett concludes by addressing the roots of Canada's fragmented literary history and speculates on the reasons why this tradition continues today. Original, intelligent, and provocative, Five-Part Invention brings an entirely new perspective to the notion of literary history and will greatly influence the study of Canadian literature in the future."--BOOK JACKET.