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ReadersareoftensurprisedtolearnthatblackwritinginCanadaisovertwocenturiesold.Rangingfromletterseditorialssermonsandslavenarrativestocontemporarynovelsplayspoetryandnon-ctionblackCanadianwritingrepresentsarichbodyofliteraryandculturalachievement.TheBlackAtlanticReconsideredistherstcomprehensiveworktoexploreblackCanadianliteraturefromitsbeginningstothepresentinthebroadercontextoftheblackAtlanticworld.WinfriedSiemerlingtracestheevolutionofblackCanadianwitnessingandwritingfromslavetestimonyinNewFranceandthe1783BookofNegroesthroughtheworkofcontemporaryblackCanadianwritersincludingGeorgeElliottClarkeAustinClarkeDionneBrandDavidChariandyWaydeComptonEsiEdugyanMarleneNourbeSePhilipandLawrenceHill.ArguingthatblackwritinginCanadaisdeeplyim-bricatedinahistorictransnationalnetworkSiemerlingexploresthepowerfulpresenceofblackCanadianhistoryslaveryandtheUndergroundRailroadandtheblackdiasporaintheworkoftheseauthors.Individualchaptersex-aminetheliteraturethathasemergedfromQuebecNovaScotiathePrairiesandBritishColumbiawithattentiontowritinginbothEnglishandFrench.AmajorsurveyofblackwritingandculturalproductionTheBlackAtlanticReconsideredbringsintofocusimportantworksthatshedlightnotonlyonCanadasliteratureandhistorybutonthetransatlanticblackdias-poraandmodernity.WinfriedSiemerlingisprofessorofEnglishattheUniversityofWaterlooanassociateoftheW.E.B.DuBoisResearchInstituteatHarvardUniversityandco-editorofCanadaandItsAmericasTransnationalNavigations.Welookformissinglinksinthesciencesandhumanitiesbuttheessentialmissinglinkmetaphorisalwaysinfrontofus.InMissingLinkJefferyDonaldsonunitesliterarycriticismandevolutionaryandcognitivesciencetoshowhowmetaphorhasbeenwithussincethebeginningoftimeasaseedinthenatureofthings.Withexamplesfromcenturiesofpoetscriticsphilosophersandscientistshedetailshowmetaphorisachemistryanexchangeofenergiesforminganddissolvingandanopennessinthespacesbetweenthings.Heconsidersthewaysinwhichdnalearnshowtolikenthingsthathavebeenhowmutationmakeserrorsandthentriesthemonandhowevolutionishypothesisnatureswayofthinkingmore.Themindisamatrixofrelationsneuralsynapsescascadeintoever-changingpathwaysandpatterns.Metaphoristhesubstanceofthingshopedfortheevidenceofthingsnotseen.Itistheunbrokenthreadbetweenmatterandspirit.WhetherofferinganalysisofaturnofphraseorchemicalreactionMissingLinkpresentsavisionofliteraturethatisalsoavisionofthecosmosandviceversa.Itentersthedebatebetweenevolutionandreligionandchallengesscientistsliterarytheoristsandreligiousadvocatestorethinktherelationsbetweentheirdisciplines.JefferyDonaldsonisprofessorofEnglishatMcMasterUniversityandtheauthorofvevolumesofpoetryincludingPalilaliaandWaterglass.16MQUPSPRING2015SPECIFICATIONSMay2015978-0-7735-4508-334.95ACDN34.95AUS22.99paper978-0-7735-4507-6110.00SCDN110.00SUS83.00cloth6x9544pp2photose-bookavailableSPECIFICATIONSApril2015978-0-7735-4519-939.95ACDN39.95AUS25.99paper978-0-7735-4518-2110.00SCDN110.00SUS83.00cloth6x9528pp28gurese-bookavailableTheBlackAtlanticReconsideredBlackCanadianWritingCulturalHistoryandthePresenceofthePastwinfriedsiemerlingAsurveyofEnglishandFrenchblackCanadianwritinganditstransnationalconnectionsfromtheeighteenthcenturytothepresent.LITERARYSTUDIESPHILOSOPHYLITERARYSTUDIESBLACKSTUDIESMissingLinkTheEvolutionofMetaphorandtheMetaphorofEvolutionjefferydonaldsonAstunningmeetingofthehumanitiesandsciencesperceivedinthemetaphoricbehavioursthatpervadeboth.