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Saint-Denys Garneau: Cultural Context by Marcel Olscamp Hector
de Saint-Denys Garneau is often considered one of the
originators of modern poetry in Quebec. His work is particularly
well represented in the Library and Archives Canada fonds
devoted to him. The poet left behind many documents that trace
the evolution of his work and the major shifts in his thinking
during the intellectual context of the inter-war period.
Admirers of Saint-Denys Garneau can leaf through his principal
manuscripts, writings that are filled with a sense of history.
Readers will feel as though experiencing first-hand the
outpouring of Saint-Denys Garneau's poetry, which ca