They Have Bodies, By Barney Allen - A Critical Edition

Sexy, saucy, and unsparingly satirical, Barney Allen's They
Have Bodies is the most experimental book written by a Canadian until well into
the 1960s. Gregory Betts reintroduces this censored "realistic novel in eleven
chapters and three acts."

About the author

Gregory Betts is a poet,
professor, and editor. He has been the Craig Dobbin Professor of Canadian
Studies at the University College Dublin and the Chancellor's Chair for
Research Excellence at Brock University. He is the author of Avant-Garde
Canadian Literature: The Early Manifestations and editor (or co-editor) of nine
volumes of experimental Canadian writing. He teaches at Brock University in St.
Catharines, Ontario

Summary

Sexy, saucy, and unsparingly satirical, Barney Allen’s They Have Bodies is the most experimental book written by a Canadian until well into the 1960s. Gregory Betts reintroduces this censored “realistic novel in eleven chapters and three acts.”

Product details

• Authors: Barney Allen
• Assisted by: Gregory Betts (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Ottawa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780776631240
• ISBN: 978-0-7766-3124-0
• No. of pages: 271
• Series: Canadian Literature Collection
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Kanada, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian