In this century, but particularly in the past thirty-five years, Canada’s
politicians have been trying to find a way to define the country,
which would be acceptable to its seven economically, ethnically and
topographically disparate regions. The political battles which threaten
the country’s continued existence are echoed in its literary criticism,
with various commentators arguing that Canadian literature is or should
be regional, national or cosmopolitan/multicultural/international. This
paper argues that Canadian literature, like that of all other countries,
incorporates all of the above positions and illustrates that position by
examining the literature produced by Geddes over the past twenty-five
years.
