Creelman (English, U. of New Brunswick-Saint John) analyzes realist fiction produced within the maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island in eastern Canada after the late 1920s. From Frank Parker Day to Leo McKay, he shows how realism emerged and eventually dominated the literature, becoming the tool for writers to articulate and reproduce the cultural tensions of the region. Distributed in the US by CUP Services. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews. com) | Setting in the East by David Creelman, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters