In the Introduction to the book, Bristow discusses the need for a more thorough account of Wilde’s life and work. Here is an excerpt from the Introduction to Wilde Discoveries about the importance of archives in understanding Wilde’s background.
August 16, 2013
What is a public intellectual and what place do they have in Canadian society?
These questions and more are tackled in The Public Intellectual in Canada, edited by Nelson Wiseman.
July 31, 2013
University of Toronto Press would like to take this opportunity to thank and celebrate all the mothers, grandmothers, and mother figures who help and inspire us.
May 10, 2013
The African Canadian Legal Odyssey explores the history of African Canadians and the law from the era of slavery until the early twenty-first century.
February 13, 2013
Giovan Francesco Straparola is often called “the father of the literary fairy tale.” Not unlike William Shakespeare, what we know of Strapola’s life story is something of a fairy tale.
September 7, 2012
So would you believe that Canadian spies have been running covert operations largely hidden from public or parliamentary scrutiny – complete with undercover agents, secret sources, agent provocateurs, coded communications, elaborate files, and all the usual apparatus of deception and betrayal so familiar to fans of spy fiction?
August 15, 2012
If you have ever wondered why some use the label “Indian” while others use the label “Native” then this excerpt is worth a read.
March 30, 2012
We’re very excited about the new book Body and Soul: Narratives of Healing from Ars Medica.
December 23, 2011
To learn more about XXL tune in to CNBC April 6th at 10:45am for Seeman & Luciani’s interview on Squawk on the Street
April 5, 2011
A new release from UTP, Ponteach or the Savages of America: A Tragedy is a play written by Robert Rogers, the famous frontier soldier of the Rangers, in 1766
January 4, 2011