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<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>The University of Toronto Press has
nominated <EM>Establishing Our Boundaries: English-Canadian Theatre Criticism
</EM>for the 2000 Toronto Book Awards. The shortlist finalists for the Award
will be announced in early September, in conjunction with International Literacy
Month celebrations, and the winner will be announced at Word on the Street,
Sunday September 24th. </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
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<P>Establishing Our Boundaries: English-Canadian Theatre Criticism</B>, Anton
Wagner, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999</P>
<P>"A fascinating premise. By considering the output of 21 drama critics,
it<BR>attempts to construct a cultural history of Canada from 1829 to the
present<BR>day . . . an excellent collection of essays."<BR>--Mark Fisher,
Glasgow <I>Herald, </I>Scotland</P>
<P>"Wagner and his contributors have rounded up an intriguing cast of
characters . . . As this valuable volume demonstrates, the true critics, for all
their foibles and quirks, have brought a passionate urgency to their belief in
the value of theatre that no amount of cheery promotional copy will ever be able
to duplicate." --Martin Morrow, <I>The Calgary Herald</P></I>
<P>"Reading it will expand anyone's knowledge of our culture, our theatre,
and our journalism." --Robert Fulford, <I>The Globe and Mail</P></I>
<P>"Destined to leave its mark on the history of criticism and Canadian
theatre and drama." --Geraldo Ferreira de Lima, <I>A Gazeta</I>,
Cuiabá, Brazil</P>
<P>"Surprisingly lively and capacious." --Frank Moher, <I>The
National Post</P></I>
<P>"A very thorough set of essays . . . a revealing picture of the gradual
emergence of a truly national theatre for English Canada through the eyes of
those who chronicled it." --Ian Herbert, <I>Theatre Record</I>, London</P>
<P>"A gem . . . This is must reading for all of us--critics, artists and
spectator." --Gaetan Charlesbois, <I>Hour</I>, Montreal</P><I></I>
<P>"Brilliant analytical essays . . . <I>Boundaries</I> is a uniquely
informing, always interesting, book on a universal subject: cultural identity
and the forces that form and are influenced by it." --Carol Douglass,
American Theatre Critics Association <I>Critics Quarterly</P></I>
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