The works of numerous Canadian authors who lived during the modernist era may well constitute the most central and experimental articulation of Canadian modernism in prose, allowing authors to stage cross-cultural, controversial, and even conflicted identities—personal and public, sexual and political, regional and national. In Canada, the influx of European voices stimulated the literary production and energized the cross-Canadian literary and cultural dialogue. A well-kept secret, this Canadian modernism deserves more critical attention.
