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HUMANITIES 207 In 7he and reviews in An lmtep'en.c:leJ'lt he became involved in Ithe Canadian Novel' held in 1978: One because the to Renaissance di::jcn~D(ln(~ biei1Allee!n manner "against the commentators tn4:::t"n'r'1""~:l1 information to sUI~gE~tin~that~~·~o~i~ ......U:;(;::);::)J.I-,' one of several articles Keith how Conference on the own in the event was a curious one. I was the dark horse among otherwise main since I had little on Canadian criticism at that time and few of those knew who I was or what I thc)u)1;ht. The convenors didn't. I well remember an invitation 'out of the blue,' I was asked to on 'Themes in Canadian the names of the other I was asked to teljeptlOI1Le soon as I had made up my I was a crisis choice and scrapllng the bottom of the barrel. I contacted them in order to '""..,.......''''', disiaOOr()vE!d of the very end anclCKLng the whole business. When the voice at the other end of the telc~tlonle elncc~urca.ged me to come and do what I had I ternp1tatlon to ride my OWn nOIDm/-nOT5.e selt-rlep1res, enltaulon colours much of ·un·INn.... 2:athE~reld in An SU~tgEsts the rationale the Introduc- 208 LETTERS IN CANADA 1992 cism" and I 'Part One: Criticism' of the second edition of the takes issue with "-I .....................,..... edition that 'Its aU1;ho:rs eViEllUlan,On is the end of of its In(:taE~ntal evaluation is the raison d'etre of criticism. u ............,"".... " .......... the essays and reno ex(;eptioln. the obvious on several occ:aS1LonSI does. What he seems to believe. 'So the ...

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