Towards a Canadian Vorticism: Wyndham Lewis in Canadian literature

Abstract

This paper on Vorticism and Futurism in Canadian literature explores three specific examples of Wyndham Lewis’s influence on Canadian authors and begins the process of proposing a Canadian Vorticism. The authors under consideration include Marshall McLuhan, Sheila Watson, and Bertram Brooker – three of Canada’s most acclaimed figures in cultural theory, novels, and art, respectively.