Download or read book Canadian Exploration Literature written by Germaine Warkentin and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published by Oxford University Press in 1993, Exploration Literature is a groundbreaking collection of early writing inspired by the opening of a continent.With maps, notes, and thumbnail biographies of these early writers, Exploration Literature is an entry point for both the casual reader and the student of Canadian literature into the beginnings of a literate response to the awe and wonder inspired by an unfolding geography and the literary fundamentals of new nationhood.