The English Short Story in Canada

<p> In 2013 the Nobel Prize for Literature was for the first time awarded to a short story writer and to a Canadian Alice Munro. The award focused international attention on a genre that had long been thriving in Canada particularly since the 1960s. This book traces the development and highlights of the English-language Canadian short story from the late 19th century up to the present. The history as well as the theoretical approaches to the genre are covered with in-depth examination of exemplary stories by prominent writers such as Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro.</p>