Avant Canada: Poets, Prophets, Revolutionaries

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Avant Canada : poets, prophets, revolutionaries / Gregory Betts and Christian Bök, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-1-77112-352-5 (softcover).—ISBN 978-1-77112-354-9 (EPUB).—ISBN 978-1-77112-353-2 (PDF)

1. Literature, Experimental—Canada—History and criticism. I. Betts, Gregory, 1975–, editor II. Bök, Christian, [1966–], editor

PS8061.A93 2018

C810.9’11

C2018-902144-6

C2018-902145-4

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