Robert Lecker
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Robert Lecker is Greenshields Professor of English at McGill University
, where he specializes in Canadian literature. Lecker was the co-editor of the critical journal Essays on Canadian Writing from 1975-2004, and the copublisher at ECW Press
from 1977-2003. In his work at ECW Lecker was responsible for acquiring and producing hundreds of works of criticism devoted to Canadian literature, and, with his partner, Jack David, he conceived of the multi-volume reference series entitle The Annotated Bibliography of Canada’s Major Authors (8 vols.) and, with Ellen Quigley, Canadian Writers and Their Works: Essays on Form, Context, and Development (24 vols.) Lecker extended his editorial work through the creation of several anthologies, most recently Open Country: Canadian Literature in English (2007). He also acted as the general editor for Twayne’s Masterworks Series and Twayne’s World Authors series (Canada) and was also the general editor of G.K. Hall’s Critical Essays on World Literature series. In 2004 he established the Robert Lecker Agency in Montreal. Lecker is the author of numerous books and articles, including On the Line (1982), Robert Kroetsch (1986), Another I (1988), Making It Real (1995), Dr. Delicious (2006) and The Cadence of Civil Elegies (2006). In 1985 Lecker received the H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching at McGill University
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McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, where he specializes in Canadian literature. Lecker was the co-editor of the critical journal Essays on Canadian Writing from 1975-2004, and the copublisher at ECW Press
ECW Press
ECW Press is a North American small press book publisher located in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by Jack David and Robert Lecker in 1974 as a Canadian literary magazine named Essays on Canadian Writing. Five years later, ECW published its first books - trade and scholarly titles...
from 1977-2003. In his work at ECW Lecker was responsible for acquiring and producing hundreds of works of criticism devoted to Canadian literature, and, with his partner, Jack David, he conceived of the multi-volume reference series entitle The Annotated Bibliography of Canada’s Major Authors (8 vols.) and, with Ellen Quigley, Canadian Writers and Their Works: Essays on Form, Context, and Development (24 vols.) Lecker extended his editorial work through the creation of several anthologies, most recently Open Country: Canadian Literature in English (2007). He also acted as the general editor for Twayne’s Masterworks Series and Twayne’s World Authors series (Canada) and was also the general editor of G.K. Hall’s Critical Essays on World Literature series. In 2004 he established the Robert Lecker Agency in Montreal. Lecker is the author of numerous books and articles, including On the Line (1982), Robert Kroetsch (1986), Another I (1988), Making It Real (1995), Dr. Delicious (2006) and The Cadence of Civil Elegies (2006). In 1985 Lecker received the H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
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