Readings
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Esi EdugyanThe Canadian Encyclopedia - entry for the author
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Making Music in Occupied ParisThe article reports on the history of music in Paris, France during the years of the German Occupation.
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Forbidden Fruit? Jazz in the Third ReichArticle: Examines the role of jazz during the Third Reich from the vantage point of the history of the ordinary listening public in Germany.
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Staple Trades, Subsistence Agriculture, and Nineteenth-Century Cape Breton IslandDescribes European settlement and economic development, specifically staple trades and subsistence agriculture, primarily of Scottish immigrants.
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Water for Elephants: A Novel
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Call Number: Fennell STACKS PS3607 .R696 W38 2006Publication Date: 2006
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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Call Number: Fennell STACKS PT2635 .E68 1929Publication Date: 1987
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Peace Through Law? The Failure of a Noble ExperimentThe article reviews the book "All Quiet on the Western Front," by Erich Maria Remarque and translated by A. W. Wheens.
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The most loved and hated novel about World War IA look at the public's reaction to the novel.
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All Quiet on the Western Front A Phenomenological Investigation of WarExamines the war novel "All Quiet on the Western Front," by Erich Maria Remarque.
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Cormac McCarthy's ApocalypseThe article profiles author Cormac McCarthy and his interest in the end of the world and climate change, and his novels "The Road," and "No Country for Old Men."
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Bloom's Notes: Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
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Publication Date: 1996eBook | Single user license
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Theme of Heroism in Hemingway’s The Old Man and the SeaLanguage in India, 2013.
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Incarnation and redemption in The old man and the seaStudies in Short Fiction, 1977.
Focuses on the symbolism of incarnation and redemption in the novel 'The Old Man & the Sea'.
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Call Number: Fennell STACKS E185.97 .A56 A3 1969Publication Date: 2009
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Death, disillusionment and despair in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird singsThe article reflects on death as depicted in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".
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CBC Books - How to Pronounce KnifeThere is an overview of the book and links including an interview with the author.
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The Varsity Book Review - How to Pronounce KnifeThe University of Toronto's Student Newspaper Since 1880 - reviews this U of T alum’s award-winning debut of short stories and declares it a must-read.
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The Los Angeles Review - How to Pronounce KnifeThis book review focuses on the immigrant themes and style of the collection.
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New York Journal of Books Review - How to Pronounce KnifeThis review focuses on symbol and theme.
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The Giller Book Club: How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
The 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner, Madeliene Thien interviewed Souvankham Thammavongsa. Souvankham won the 2020 Prize for her short story collection, How to Pronounce Knife.