{"product_id":"9781442696914","title":"Avant-Garde Canadian Literature: The Early Manifestations","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAvant-Garde Canadian Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, Gregory Betts draws attention to the fact that the avant-garde has had a presence in Canada long before the country's literary histories have recognized, and that the radicalism of avant-garde art has been sabotaged by pedestrian terms of engagement by the Canadian media, the public, and the literary critics. This book presents a rich body of evidence to illustrate the extent to which Canadians have been producing avant-garde art since the start of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetts explores the radical literary ambitions and achievements of three different nodes of avant-garde literary activity: mystical revolutionaries from the 1910s to the 1930s; Surrealists\/Automatists from the 1920s to the 1960s; and Canadian Vorticists from the 1920s to the 1970s. \u003cem\u003eAvant-Garde Canadian Literature\u003c\/em\u003e offers an entrance into the vocabulary of the ongoing and primarily international debate surrounding the idea of avant-gardism, providing readers with a functional vocabulary for discussing some of the most hermetic and yet energetic literature ever produced in this country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128465932528,"sku":"9781442696914","price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442696914_p0.jpg?v=1763808901","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442696914","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}