98 Canadian Literature A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Autumn 200 8 $19 Ca n a d ian 98 Literature canada and its discontents and its canada Canada and Its Discontents Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number 198, Autumn 2008, Canada and Its Discontents Published by The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Editor: Margery Fee Associate Editors: Laura Moss (Reviews), Glenn Deer (Acting Editor), Larissa Lai (Poetry), Réjean Beaudoin (Francophone Writing), Judy Brown (Reviews) Past Editors: George Woodcock (1959–1977), W.H. New (1977–1995), Eva-Marie Kröller (1995–2003), Laurie Ricou (2003–2007) Editorial Board Heinz Antor Universität Köln Janice Fiamengo University of Ottawa Carole Gerson Simon Fraser University Coral Ann Howells University of Reading Smaro Kamboureli University of Guelph Jon Kertzer University of Calgary Ric Knowles University of Guelph Neil ten Kortenaar University of Toronto Louise Ladouceur University of Alberta Patricia Merivale University of British Columbia Judit Molnár University of Debrecen Maureen Moynagh St. Francis Xavier University Ian Rae McGill University Roxanne Rimstead Université de Sherbrooke Patricia Smart Carleton University David Staines University of Ottawa David Williams University of Manitoba Mark Williams Victoria University, New Zealand Editorial Glenn Deer Canada and Its Discontents 6 Articles Brian Johnson Simulacra and Stimulations: Cocksure, Postmodernism, and Richler’s Phallic Hero 12 Stephen Dunning What Would Sam Waters Do? Guy Vanderhaeghe and Søren Kierkegaard 29 Sophie Bastien Les grandes marées, dans le roman de Jacques Poulin : phénomène naturel ou courant culturel ? 48 Jenny Kerber Monocultures, Monopolies, and Militarism: The Environmental Legacy of “Greater Production” in Robert Stead’s Grain 58 Articles, continued Amelia DeFalco “And then—”: Narratve Identity and Uncanny Aging in The Stone Angel 75 Benjamin Lefebvre Agency, Belonging, Citizenship: The ABCs of Nation-Building in Contemporary Canadian Texts for Adolescents 91 Poems Alan Hill 11 Vincent Charles Lambert 57 Tammy Armstrong 28 Paul Huebener 74 John Barton 46 Aaron Giovannone 90 Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at http://www.canlit.ca Authors Reviewed Sean Dixon 140 Caroline Adderson 178 Farzana Doctor 121 Gail Anderson-Dargatz 179 Don Domanski 118, 123 Joanne Arnott 108 Lois Donovan 124 Georges Arsenault 160 François Dumont 102 Brian Bartlett 118 Wallace Edwards 142 Marcel Bénéteau 133 Shelley Falconer 142 David Bezmozgis 178 Janice Fiamengo 126 Michel Biron 102 R. Douglas Francis 127 bill bissett 151 Christiane Frenette 129 Gérard Bouchard 103 Yves Frenette 130 Hedi Bouraoui 166 Gayle Friesen 137 Randy Boyagoda 106 Patrick Friesen 120 Dionne Brand 178 Jeanne Gagnon 163 Laura Brandon 107 Gale Zoë Garnett 121 Carol Bruneau 129 Larry Gaudet 131 Ken Cameron 138 Claude Gonthier 133 Roseanne Carrara 108 Lorna Goodison 134 Claire Carmichael 124 Fyre Jean Graveline 176 Joseph-Médard Carrière 133 Rainier Grutman 143 Benoît Cazabon 110 Don Hannah 137 Norman Cheadle 111 Nigel Hamilton 136 Anne Élaine Cliche 112 Mike Harcourt 138 Douglas Coupland 114 Freda Jackson 140 Marie-Danielle Croteau 115 Pierre Jasmin 163 Rienzi Crusz 117 Karl E. Jirgens 120 Cyril Dabydeen 106 Sean Johnston 127 Michael DeBeyer 118 Pierre Karch 160 Donald Deschênes 133 Lionel Kearns 151 Christopher Dewdney 120 Kate Kennedy 118 Baba Wagué Diakité 165 Barbara Kingscote 180 Chris Kitzan 127 Nathan Sellyn 146 Barbara Wyn Klunder 142 Glen Sorestad 175 Robert Kroetsch 169 Robert M. Stamp 175 Dominique Lafon 143 Andrew Steeves 118 Martine-Emmanuelle Blair Stonechild 176 Lapointe 102 Daniel St-Onge 171 Iain Lawrence 172 Andrew Suknaski 175 John Lent 169 Drew Hayden Taylor 172 Jorge Luján 165 Wisdom J. Tettey 158 Bruce MacDonald 182 Natalia Toledo 115 Ange-Émile Maheu 133 Robert Vigneault 143 Carol Malyon 169 Irene N. Watts 173 Marcel Martel 130 Shawna White 142 Klaus Martens 144 Zoe Whittal 146 Micheline Maylor 117 Gillian Wigmore 108 Teresa McWhirter 146 Dawn P. Williams 134 Bernard Meney 133 John Willis 130 Ameen Merchant 147 Carol Windley 178 Madeleine Monette 149 Eric Wright 179 Bernice Morgan 149 Harrison Wright 180 Garry Thomas Morse 151 Cybèle Young 142 Claire Mulligan 152 Phyllis Brett Young 182 Leilah Nadir 153 Élisabeth Nardout-Lafarge 102 Reviewers Elaine Kalman Naves 154 Bert Almon 118 Max Nemni 156 Heinz Antor 126 Monique Nemni 156 Anderson Araujo 117 Donna Bailey Nurse 158 Réjean Beaudoin 103 Marcel Olscamp 143 Thierry Bissonnette 162 Mariel O’Neill-Karch 160 Juliane Okot Bitek 106 Tom Osborne 114 Sarika P. Bose 142 Pierre Ouellet 162 Robert Budde 108 Michel Ouellette 161 Alison Calder 144 P.K. Page 162 Rebecca Campbell 107 Curtis Parkinson 173 Adeline Caute 171 Christopher Patton 142 Melanie E. Collado 143 Lucien Pelletier 111 Pénélope Cormier 160 Jean E. Pendziwol 115 Karen Crossley 165 Clermont Pépin 163 Natasha Dagenais 111 Korbla P. Puplampu 158 Heidi Darroch 178 Elizabeth Quan 165 Emir Delic 133 Ali Reguigui 166 Adam Dickinson 120 Shane Rhodes 120 Stephanie Dickison 180 François Ricard 167 George Egerton 156 David Adams Richards 169 Louise Frappier 102 Patricia Robertson 121 Jennifer Fraser 137 Sandra Rompré-Deschênes 171 Julie Gaudreault 149 Sean Rossiter 138 Sudeep Ghosh 147 Alain Roy 103 Marlene Goldman 179 Bonnie Rozanski 172 Rick Gooding 173 Peggy Schofield 138 Beverley Haun 129 Richard Scrimger 173 Stéphane Inkel 112 Reviewers, continued Suzanne James 172 Therí Alyce Pickens 153 Karl Jirgens 114 Fiona Polack 149 Maia Joseph 138, 182 Ryan Porter 127 Kathleen Kellett-Betsos 166 Meredith Quartermain 151 Catherine Lefrançois 163 Neil Querengesser 175 Louis Patrick Leroux 161 Wendy Roy 152 Jodi Lundgren 121 Robert Thacker 154 Ursula Mathis-Moser 130 Hilary Turner 115 Sam McKegney 176 Christian Vandendorpe 167 Cynthia Messenger 162 Katherine Verhagen 134 Paul Milton 123 Cécile B. 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