Catching The Torch: Contemporary Canadian Literary Responses To World War I

Examines contemporary novels and plays written about Canada's participation in World War I. Exploring such works as Jane Urquhart's The Underpainter and Jack Hodgins's Broken Ground, the book considers how writers have dealt with the compelling myth that the Canadian nation was born in the trenches of the Great War.

• | By (Author): Neta Gordon
• | Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2018
• | Country of Publication: Canada
• | Number of Pages: 222 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1771122382
• | ISBN-13: 9781771122382