W. H. New
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William Herbert New, FRSC, OC (born 28 March 1938) is a Canadian poet and literary critic. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was educated at the University of British Columbia and the University of Leeds. He taught English literature at the former from 1965 to 2003. In 2007 he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.
For 29 years he held editorial positions at Canadian Literature and, in 2004, was made Editor Emeritus.
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[edit] Selected Bibliography
[edit] Criticism
- Malcolm Lowry — 1971
- Articulating West — 1972
- Malcolm Lowry: A Reference Guide — 1978
- A History of Canadian Literature — 1989
- Land Sliding: Imaging Space, Presence & Power in Canadian Writing — 1997
- Reading Mansfield and Metaphors of Form — 1999
[edit] Poetry
- Science Lessons — 1996
- Raucous — 1999
- Riverbook and Ocean — 2002
- Night Room — 2003
- Underwood Log — 2004
- Touching Ecuador — 2006
[edit] Children's Books
[edit] Anthologies Edited
- Four Hemispheres — 1971
- Voice and Viision — 1972 (with Jack Hodgins)
- Dramatists in Canada — 1972
- Critical Writings on Commonwealth Literatures: A Bibliography — 1975
- Modern Stories in English — 1975 (with H.J. Rosengarten)
- Modern Canadian Essays — 1976
- Margaret Laurence: The Writer and Her Critics — 1977
- A Political Art: Essays and Images in Honour of George Woodcock — 1978
- Active Voice — 1980 (with W.E. Messenger)
- The Active Stylist — 1981 (with W.E. Messenger)
- A 20th Century Anthology — 1984
- Canadian Short Fiction — 1986
- Canadian Writers Since 1960 — 1986
- Canadian Writers Since 1960, 2nd series — 1987
- Canadian Writers 1920-1959 — 1988
- Canadian Writers 1920-1959, 2nd series — 1989
- Native Writers and Canadian Writing — 1990
- Canadian Writers Before 1890 — 1990
- Canadian Writers 1890-1920 — 1990
- Inside the Poem — 1992
- Literature in English — 1993 (with W.E. Messenger)
- Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada — 2002
