The urban condition: literary trajectories through the Canadian Postmetropolis

time. ‘The world of books’ may have inspired the editors as well as the contributors to move beyond the purview of the original occasion for this volume, which is both a strength and a weakness. On the one hand, the volume reads more like conference proceedings than a stringently composed anthology. Fewer and longer essays explicitly focussed on the history of the Press and the announced interest in developments in book history and material culture in Woolf studies might have given us a stronger sense of direction in this field. On the other hand, there is no doubt that this collection is helpful and valuable as documentation of current trends in Woolf scholarship. Ultimately, then, this is a book by and for Woolfians, the international community of Woolf scholars whose critical thinking, creative efforts, and political activism Woolf’s work continues to inspire.