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Susan J Warwick

Department of Humanities

Associate Professor
Undergraduate Program Director

Office: Vanier College, 204
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 77021
Email: swarwick@yorku.ca


Susan Warwick specializes in Canadian literature, American literature, and North American popular culture. She has published on Margaret Laurence, Willa Cather, Alice Munro, Margaret Gibson, and on detective and crime fiction. She is currently working on a monograph treating representations of criminality in Canadian fiction from 1880 to 1940.

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Degrees

Ph.D., York University
M.A., York University
B.A., University of Toronto
Books

Publication
Year

River of Now and Then: Margaret Laurence's The Diviners. Toronto: ECW Press, 1993.

1993

Margaret Laurence: An Annotated Bibliography. Toronto: ECW Press, 1979.

1979

Book Chapters

Publication
Year

'Margaret Gibson: A Profile.' Profiles in Canadian Literature. Ed. Jeffrey Heath. Toronto: Dundum Press, 1991. 91-98.

1991

'A Margaret Laurence Log.' Margaret Laurence: An Appreciation. Ed. Christl Verduyn. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 1988. 218-238.

1988

'Willa Cather Critical Reception.' Les Litteratures de Langues Europeenes au Tournat du Siecle: La Perspective Critique Americaine. Ottawa: Groupe de Recherches International 1900, Comparative Literature, Carleton University, 1988. 69-86.

1988

'Ellery Queen.' Beacham's Popular Fiction in America. Ed. Walton Beacham. Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1986. 1139-1153.

1986

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

''These People Were Some Sort of Solution': The Necessary Crimes of American Modernism.' English Studies in Canada 19.1 (March 1993): 21-33.

1993

'Alice Munro and The Acts of Faith.' English Studies in Canada 14.4 (December 1988): 481-486.

1988

''Writ in Remembrance': Margaret Laurence, Willa Cather, and the Prairie Past.' Canadian Women's Studies 8.3(Fall 1987): 35-37.

1987

'Growing Up: The Novels of Alice Munro.' Essays on Canadian Writing 29(Summer 1984): 204-225.

1984

'A Margaret Laurence Log.' Journal of Canadian Studies 13.3 (Fall 1978): 75-83.

1978


Current Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall 2024 AP/HUMA3210 3.0 A Scene of the Crime SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/HUMA1200 9.0 B Contexts of Canadian Culture LECT
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/HUMA1200 9.0 B Contexts of Canadian Culture TUTR


Upcoming Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/HUMA1200 9.0 B Contexts of Canadian Culture LECT
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/HUMA1200 9.0 B Contexts of Canadian Culture TUTR


Susan Warwick specializes in Canadian literature, American literature, and North American popular culture. She has published on Margaret Laurence, Willa Cather, Alice Munro, Margaret Gibson, and on detective and crime fiction. She is currently working on a monograph treating representations of criminality in Canadian fiction from 1880 to 1940.

Degrees

Ph.D., York University
M.A., York University
B.A., University of Toronto

All Publications


Book Chapters

Publication
Year

'Margaret Gibson: A Profile.' Profiles in Canadian Literature. Ed. Jeffrey Heath. Toronto: Dundum Press, 1991. 91-98.

1991

'A Margaret Laurence Log.' Margaret Laurence: An Appreciation. Ed. Christl Verduyn. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 1988. 218-238.

1988

'Willa Cather Critical Reception.' Les Litteratures de Langues Europeenes au Tournat du Siecle: La Perspective Critique Americaine. Ottawa: Groupe de Recherches International 1900, Comparative Literature, Carleton University, 1988. 69-86.

1988

'Ellery Queen.' Beacham's Popular Fiction in America. Ed. Walton Beacham. Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1986. 1139-1153.

1986

Books

Publication
Year

River of Now and Then: Margaret Laurence's The Diviners. Toronto: ECW Press, 1993.

1993

Margaret Laurence: An Annotated Bibliography. Toronto: ECW Press, 1979.

1979

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

''These People Were Some Sort of Solution': The Necessary Crimes of American Modernism.' English Studies in Canada 19.1 (March 1993): 21-33.

1993

'Alice Munro and The Acts of Faith.' English Studies in Canada 14.4 (December 1988): 481-486.

1988

''Writ in Remembrance': Margaret Laurence, Willa Cather, and the Prairie Past.' Canadian Women's Studies 8.3(Fall 1987): 35-37.

1987

'Growing Up: The Novels of Alice Munro.' Essays on Canadian Writing 29(Summer 1984): 204-225.

1984

'A Margaret Laurence Log.' Journal of Canadian Studies 13.3 (Fall 1978): 75-83.

1978


Current Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall 2024 AP/HUMA3210 3.0 A Scene of the Crime SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/HUMA1200 9.0 B Contexts of Canadian Culture LECT
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/HUMA1200 9.0 B Contexts of Canadian Culture TUTR


Upcoming Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/HUMA1200 9.0 B Contexts of Canadian Culture LECT
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/HUMA1200 9.0 B Contexts of Canadian Culture TUTR