Tropes and Territories

Marta Dvorak is professor, Canadian and Commonwealth literatures, Sorbonne Nouvelle, and the co-editor of Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary. W.H. New is Killam University Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, and the author of several

• Contributors include Bruce Bennett (New South Wales), Neil Besner (Winnipeg), Diana Brydon (Manitoba), Florence Cabaret (Rouen), Warren Cariou (Manitoba), Isabel Carrera Suarez (Oviedo), Gwendolyn Davies (New Brunswick), Tamas Dobozy (Wilfrid Laurier), Jean-Pierre Durix (Bourgogne), Marta Dvorak (Sorbonne Nouvelle), Chelva Kanaganayakam (Toronto), Janice Kulyk Keefer (Guelph), Christine Lorre (Sorbonne Nouvelle), Gerald Lynch (Ottawa), Laura Moss (British Columbia), W.H. New (British Columbia), Claire Omhovere (Nancy), Laurie Ricou (British Columbia), Alexis Tadie (Paris 7), Robert Thacker (St-Lawrence), Heliane Ventura (Orleans), Lydia Wevers (Wellington), and Mark Williams (Canterbury)

"The short story in general and the postcolonial story in particular deserve this kind of attention." Charles E. May, California State University at Long Beach "A refreshing emphasis on close reading and attentiveness to language, tone, imagery, metaphor, and metonymy make this a most welcome collection" John Clement Ball, University of New Brunswick