Myth and the Mountains

“Here, all is a beginning.”It is no new observation that the landscapes of this nation have always had a powerful influence on our literature and art forms. The writer and artist of any culture often move toward an exploration of the unknown areas of the psyche, but in Canada there remains a large physical, geographic frontier to explore as well. Even in such a cursory examination as Desmond Pacey's Creative Writing in Canada (1952) points out: “Canadian art as a whole, and more particularly Can