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ISOLATION AND COMMITMENT: FREDERICK PHILIP GROVE'S SETTLERS OF THE MARSH
Hallvard Dahlie
Volume 22 Number 3
With Isolation and Commitment: Frederick Philip Groves Settlers of the Marsh and Moral Predicament: Morley Callaghan's More Joy in Heaven, ECW shifts the focus of its "Canadian Fiction Studies" series to works published in the earlier decades of the twentieth century. In many ways, SettIers of the Marsh marked a distinct change in the sensibilities of Canadian literature of the early years of this century. Frederick Philip Grove was himself an interesting character and Hallvard Dahlie's commentary on the work's importance and its critical re ception, and his reading of the novel itself all raise some interesting questions about the book's a uthor. However, the strength of Isolation and Commitment lies in the commentary on the text itself, and Dahlie combines close textual analysis with some interesting alternative readings. The section on the critical reception faced by   |