“…Atwood is perhaps the best known, not least of all for her own introduction to Canadian literature (Atwood, 1972). Other studies have appeared across the twentieth century, like Baker (1920, reprinted 1968), usually centred around English‐speakers. Recent work, notably by Biron et al (2007) and by Nischik herself, have opened up the Francophone and First Nation/Inuit side of Canadian literature more fully on the world stage (for years these have been specialist areas only).…”