The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose

by Melnyk, George; Seiler, Tamara Palmer

• ISBN13: 9781552380796
• ISBN10: 1552380793
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Calgary Pr

Summary

The first multi-genre historical anthology of Alberta writing since 1979, this anthology collects twentieth century short fiction, excerpts from novels, and non-fiction. This long overdue anthology explores what writers -- past and present -- can tell us what it means to be Albertan -- and Canadian. Each piece is preceded by an introduction with a literary biography and critical discussion of the selection that situates the piece in the author's overall repertoire.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Beginnings
Origin of the Buffalo	3	(6)
Ninoxkyaio
Old Indian Trails	9	(8)
Mary Schaffer
The Trade	17	(38)
Fred Stenson
Pioneering Narratives
Letters from a Lady Rancher	55	(16)
Monica Hopkins
The Forest	71	(16)
Georges Bugnet
Sons of the Soil	87	(16)
Illia Kiriak
Prairie Gothic
In Due Season	103	(12)
Christine van der Mark
Willowdale	115	(12)
Kerry Wood
The Broken Globe	127	(12)
Henry Kreisel
Hungry Hills	139	(14)
George Ryga
The Winter Helen Dropped	153	(18)
W. P. Kinsella
Mountainscapes
Kleo	171	(18)
Andy Russell
The Woman Who Got on at Jasper Station	189	(8)
Howard O'Hagan
And the Four Animals	197	(4)
Sheila Watson
Men for the Mountains	201	(8)
Sid Marty
Icefields	209	(10)
Thomas Wharton
Urban Landscapes
Did Jesus Ever Laugh?	219	(16)
Rudy Wiebe
Between Men	235	(18)
Katherine Govier
Pourin' Down Rain	253	(12)
Cheryl Foggo
Ralphie at the Races	265	(14)
Sam Selvon
Voices of Resistance
Obasan	279	(10)
Joy Kogawa
Alibi	289	(10)
Robert Kroetsch
Bail Skippers and Bacchants	299	(12)
Aritha van Herk
Bloodlines	311	(10)
Myrna Kostash
Chorus of Mushrooms	321	(18)
Hiromi Goto
Aboriginality
Deerfoot and Friends	339	(26)
Hugh Dempsey
Since Daisy Creek	365	(22)
W. O. Mitchell
Compatriots	387	(12)
Emma Lee Warrior
Green Grass, Running Water	399
Thomas King