What is Québécois Literature?

Rosemary Chapman is Professor of Francophone Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham. Her previous books include 'Between Languages and Cultures: Colonial and Postcolonial Readings of Gabrielle Roy' (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009).

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChronology1. How has the literary history of francophone Canada been told in the twentieth century?2. Literary history in the curriculum3. The literary anthology as a tool of literary history4. What does a nation-shaped literary history exclude from within and beyond Quebec? Two case studiesConclusionBibliographyIndex

Chapman writes with authority and clarity, brilliantly examining the historiography of francophone Canadian writing in relation to other colonial and postcolonial national literatures... the book will, I am sure, introduce Anglophone readers not only to francophone Canadian literature, but also to the intellectual, social, and political history of French Canada.Jane Moss