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This anthology is an entry point into the beginnings of a literate response to the awe and wonder inspired by an unfolding geography.
List of contents
The "Root Causes" Phenomenon; The Perpetual Paramountcy of Peace; Deference to the United Nations; The Multilateral Requirement; The Doctrine of Pre-Emption; Equivalence Mongering; Retaliating, Negotiating, and Accommodating; Democracy and Sovereignty. ON IRAQ -- A Perspective; The Question of Evidence; Invasion Issues; Post-Invasion Issues. The Triggering Definition; Lowering the Threshold of Culpability; The Ostracising of Terror Suspects; Preventive Detention; Requiring Investigative Assistance; Electronic Bugging; The Secrecy of Proceedings; The Security of Information; Controlling Access to International Conferences; More Anti-Hate Measures; Permissible Law-Breaking; The Fate of the "Sunset" Proposal; Mechanisms of Oversight; The Role of the Minister; Controlling Status and Mobility; Torture; A Word About U.S. Domestic Behaviour; Religious Faith and Secular Clout; A Concluding Word; Index.
About the author
Germaine Warkentin is professor emeritus at the University of Toronto and an expert on Renaissance writing and early Canadian literature.
Summary
First published by Oxford University Press in 1993, Exploration Literature is a groundbreaking collection of early writing inspired by the opening of a continent.With maps, notes, and thumbnail biographies of these early writers, Exploration Literature is an entry point for both the casual reader and the student of Canadian literature into the beginnings of a literate response to the awe and wonder inspired by an unfolding geography and the literary fundamentals of new nationhood.
