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Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number 221, Summer 214, Science & Canadian Literature Published by The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Editor: Margery Fee Acting Editor: Laura Moss Associate Editors: Joël Castonguay-Bélanger (Francophone Writing), Stephen Collis (Poetry), Glenn Deer (Reviews), Kathryn Grafton (CanLit Guides), Daniel Laforest (Francophone Writing), Karis Shearer (Reviews) Assistant Editor: Tiffany Johnstone (Reviews) Past Editors: George Woodcock (1959-1977), W. H. New (1977-1995), Eva-Marie Kröller (1995-23), Laurie Ricou (23-27) Editorial Board Heinz Antor University of Cologne Kristina Fagan Bidwell University of Saskatchewan Alison Calder University of Manitoba Carrie Dawson Dalhousie University Cecily Devereux University of Alberta Janice Fiamengo University of Ottawa Carole Gerson Simon Fraser University Helen Gilbert University of London Susan Gingell University of Saskatchewan Faye Hammill University of Strathclyde Paul Hjartarson University of Alberta Lucie Hotte University of Ottawa Coral Ann Howells University of Reading Smaro Kamboureli University of Toronto Jon Kertzer University of Calgary Ric Knowles University of Guelph Louise Ladouceur University of Alberta Patricia Merivale University of British Columbia Judit Molnár University of Debrecen Linda Morra Bishop’s University Lianne Moyes Université de Montréal Maureen Moynagh St. Francis Xavier University Reingard Nischik University of Constance Ian Rae King’s University College Julie Rak University of Alberta Roxanne Rimstead Université de Sherbrooke Sherry Simon Concordia University Patricia Smart Carleton University David Staines University of Ottawa Cynthia Sugars University of Ottawa Neil ten Kortenaar University of Toronto Marie Vautier University of Victoria Gillian Whitlock University of Queensland David Williams University of Manitoba Mark Williams Victoria University, New Zealand Herb Wyile Acadia University Editorial Janine Rogers “A beauty and daring all its own”: A Note on Science and Canadian Literature 6 Articles Tania Aguila-Way Uncertain Landscapes: Risk, Trauma, and Scientific Knowledge in Madeleine Thien’s Certainty and Dogs at the Perimeter 18 Articles, continued Monica Kidd Shadows, Slicksters, and Soothsayers: Physicians in Canadian Poetry 37 Ghislain Thibault and Mark Hayward Jean Le Moyne’s Itinéraire mécanologique: Machine Poetics, Reverie, and Technological Humanism 56 Victoria Kuttainen “Sailor, Novelist, and Scientist—Also Explorer”: Frank Burnett, Canada’s Kon-Tiki, and the Ethnographic Middlebrow 74 Sarah de Jong Carson “The poem of you will never be written”: Memoir and the Contradictions of Elegiac Form in Patrick Lane’s There Is a Season 93 Ceri Morgan Writing Quebec City in Andrée Maillet’s Les Remparts de Québec and Nalini Warriar’s The Enemy Within 109 Poems Elana Wolff 17, 36 Emma Stothers 92 David McGimpsey 55, 73 Dave Margoshes 108 Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at canlit.ca/reviews Authors Reviewed Diane Buchanan 131 Mélikah Abdelmoumen 124 Ronnie Burkett 137 Carolyn Abraham 125 Jenna Butler 139 Carmen Aguirre 127 Mark Callanan 143 Marguerite Andersen 128 Sandra Campbell 144 Marianne Apostolides 128 Catherine Carstairs 146 Théodora Armstrong 130 Eleanor Catton 148 John Mikhail Asfour 131 Lesley Choyce 167 Ken Belford 132 Stephen Collis 149 William Bell 186 Dina E. Cox 151 Donna Bennett 134 Deidre Cullon 169 Michael Boughn 132 Mary Dalton 180 Tim Bowling 130 Eva Darias-Beautell 152 Shelley Boyd 136 David Décarie 161 Chiara Briganti 136 Rodney DeCroo 157 Leanna Brodie 127 Linda Dorricott 169 Russell Morton Brown 134 Isla Duncan 154 Bruce Erikson 182 Al Rempel 180 Safia Fazlul 155 Leon Rooke 165 Jon Paul Fiorentino 157 Lori Saint-Martin 161 Richard Ford 158 Shyam Selvadurai 125 Jaime Forsythe 160 Olive Senior 148 Carole Fréchette 137 Raminder Sidhu 155 Patrick Friesen 139 Donald B. Smith 182 Elee Kraljii Gardiner 131 Paul Socken 184 Lorri Neilsen Glenn 139 Julia Swan 167 Susan Glickman 174 John Terpstra 171 Douglas Glover 128 Rachel Thompson 151 Nora Gould 151 Veronica Thompson 190 Truman Green 155 Russell Thornton 178 Linda Griffiths 137 Karen L. Wall 185 Germaine Guèvremont 161 Patrick Warner 143 Gordon Hak 149 John Wilson 186 Chris Hutchinson 180 May Q. Wong 187 Nancy Janovicek 146 Andrée Yanacopoulo 189 Wanda John-Kehewin 162 Lorraine York 190 Kathy Kacer 163 Lisa Young 151 Vincent Lam 187 Paul Zits 162 Elena Lamberti 164 Victoria Lamont 173 Reviewers Patrick Lane 134 Dan Adleman 164 M. Travis Lane 143 Lourdes Arciniega 127 Evelyn Lau 139 Marie-Andrée Bergeron 124 Dennis Lee 165 Gregory Betts 149 Nancy Lee 166 Gordon Bölling 158 Leanne Lieberman 163 François-Emmanuël Boucher 176 Manijeh Mannani 190 Nicholas Bradley 171 Daphne Marlatt 165 Sylvain Brehm 189 Keavy Martin 167 Sunny Chan 155 Valerie Mason-John 166 John Robert Colombo 173 Carol Matas 186 Nathalie Cooke 190 Nyla Matuk 160 Pilar Cuder-Domínguez 152 Jim McDowell 169 Mark Diotte 169 Carmelita McGrath 132 Gillian Dunks 144 Donald McGrath 143 Stephen Dunning 186 Naomi McIlwraith 151 Alana Fletcher 166 Don McKay 171 Irene Gammel 187 Susan McNicoll 172 Ariane Gibeau 128 Theresa Meuse 167 Louis-Serge Gill 184 Kathy Mezei 136 Susan Gingell 162 Dianne Newell 173 Louise Bernice Halfe 134 Peter Norman 178 Jennifer Hardwick 167 Alix Ohlin 174 Beverley Haun 182 Alexandra Oliver 178 Dee Horne 148 Dominique Perron 176 Sara Jamieson 139 Éric Plamondon 177 Christiane Job 185 John Reibetanz 178 Jim Johnstone 178 Adrienne Kertzer 163 Owen Percy 180 Jan Lermitte 130, 151 Shazia Hafiz Ramji 165 Lucia Lorenzi 128 Erin Ramlo 131 Sarah MacKenzie 146 Chris Reyns-Chikuma 154 Robin McGrath 143 Michael Roberson 132 Hannah McGregor 174 Margaret Steffler 125 Benoît Melançon 177 Dale Tracy 136 Mathieu Noël 161 Jason Wang 187 Anne Nothof 137 Robin C. Whittaker 172 Catherine Owen 157 Lorraine York 160 Opinions and Notes Kathleen McConnell Science at the Heart: Five Recent Canadian Books of Poetry 192 Graham N. Forst “ A Minister and a Rabbi . ”: The Parallel Careers at the University of Toronto of Northrop Frye and Emil Fackenheim 199 Canadian Literature, a peer-reviewed journal, welcomes original, unpublished submissions of articles, interviews, and other commentaries relating to writers and writing in Canada and of previously unpublished poems by Canadian writers. The journal does not publish fiction. Articles of approximately 65 words (including Notes and Works Cited), double-spaced, in 12-point font size, should be submitted online to canlitsubmit.ca. Submissions must be in Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx). Submissions should include a brief biographical note (5 words) and an abstract (15 words). Articles should follow MLA guidelines for bibliographic format as outlined at canlitsubmit.ca/submissions/help. Littérature canadienne, une revue évaluée par les pairs, accueille la sou- mission d’articles, d’entrevues, et d’autres commentaires originaux et non publiés sur les écrivains et l’écriture au Canada, ainsi que de la poésie canadienne pour publication initiale. La revue ne publie pas de fiction. Veuillez soumettre les articles—d’environ 65 mots (notes et références bibliographiques comprises), à double interligne, taille de la police 12— en ligne à canlitsubmit.ca. Les soumissions doivent être en format de texte enrichi (.rtf) ou Microsoft Word (.doc ou .docx). Les soumissions doivent comprendre une brève note biographique (5 mots) et un résumé (15 mots). Les articles doivent suivre les directives MLA en matière de format biblio- graphique comme décrites à canlitsubmit.ca/submissions/help/fr. 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