GIVING CANADA A LITERARY HISTORY - A Memoir by Klinck, Carl F - 1991

Canada: Carleton University Press for the University of Western Ontario , 1991. Edited with an Introduction by Sandra Djwa. Blue boards; stamped silver lettering. Dust jacket illustrated with author's photograph. Very clean sound copy. 227 pages including: detailed Index; Selected Bibliography; Afterword. In his Memoir, the author "combines his autobiography with a history of the development of Canadian Literature as a serious field of study. When he set out to find out the 'facts' he did so because he was convinced that 'Our national soul is hidden within us, in what we are, in our expression of ourselves, in our literature'." Very uncommon.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clear Brodart-protected jacket.