Scobie illuminates bpNichol's relationship to Dadaism, contemporary French literary theory and the writing of Gertrude Stein, and argues strongly for Nichol's importance as a writer of fiction. Other titles in The New Canadian Criticism Series: ABC of Reading the TRG Timothy Findley and the Aesthetics of Fascism Michael Ondaatje: Word, Image, Imagination Margaret Atwood: A Feminist Poetics George Bowering: Bright Circles of Colour