TY - JOUR
AB - 96 REVIEWS The Cinema of Canada. Ed. Jerry White. London & New York: Wallflower Press (24 Frames Series), 2006.xv þ 268 pp. £45 (hardback)/£18.99 (paperback). ISBN 1–904–76460–6/76461–4. This volume draws attention to Canada’s vibrant cinema culture, all too often overshadowed by that of its better-known southern neighbour. An equal amount of space is allocated to the three dominant traditions within Canadian cinema: Anglophone, Francophone and Aboriginal. The inclusion of films like Earth (1998) by Deepa Mehta, a Canadian director intrigued by her native India, supports the point made by director Atom Egoyan in the preface that the new Canadian identity goes beyond these traditions. In the introduction, White argues that although state sponsorship of cinema in Canada, via the National Film Board (NFB), has commonly been perceived to result in dry, didactic films, it has also facilitated many experimental projects. Attention is given to the NFB’s investment in innovative documentaries, which are the focus of ten out of the twenty-four essays. In addition, the book pays homage to low-budget fiction films ´ ´ like Le Declin de l’empire americain (Denys Arcand, 1988), Exotica (Atom Egoyan, 1994) and Le Confessionnel (Robert Lepage, 1995) that have enjoyed critical and commercial success. 
TI - Close Reading: The Reader. Ed. Frank Lentricchia & Andrew Dubois. Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2003. ix  391 pp. 82/95 (hardback); 19.95/26 (paperback). ISBN 0822330261/30393
JF - Forum for Modern Language Studies
DO - 10.1093/fmls/cql131
DA - 2007-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/close-reading-the-reader-ed-frank-lentricchia-andrew-dubois-durham-UjeMb6yUGV
SP - 96
EP - 97
VL - 43
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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